DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0798

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0798 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Memory leak in the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by providing an invalid username in a connection attempt, related to apps/s_server.c and crypto/srp/srp_vfy.c.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	openssl	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	openssl	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	openssl	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	openssl	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Mar 3, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0798 advisory

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