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CVE-2016-2177

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Published: Jun 20, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
5.9 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2177
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html

OpenSSL through 1.0.2h incorrectly uses pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, related to s3_srvr.c, ssl_sess.c, and t1_lib.c.

Weakness

The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Icewall_mcrp Hp 3.0 (including) 3.0 (including)
Icewall_sso Hp 10.0 (including) 10.0 (including)
Icewall_sso_agent_option Hp 10.0 (including) 10.0 (including)
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.23-102.jbcs.el6 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_auth_kerb-0:5.4-35.jbcs.el6 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_bmx-0:0.9.6-14.GA.jbcs.el6 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.5-13.Final_redhat_1.jbcs.el6 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.41-14.redhat_1.jbcs.el6 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_rt-0:2.4.1-16.GA.jbcs.el6 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_security-0:2.9.1-18.GA.jbcs.el6 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.12.0-9.jbcs.el6 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-12.jbcs.el6 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.23-102.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_auth_kerb-0:5.4-35.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_bmx-0:0.9.6-14.GA.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.5-13.Final_redhat_1.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.41-14.redhat_1.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_rt-0:2.4.1-16.GA.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-mod_security-0:2.9.1-18.GA.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.12.0-9.jbcs.el7 *
JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-12.jbcs.el7 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat openssl-0:1.0.1e-48.el6_8.3 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.7 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 RedHat openssl *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-13.jbcs.el6 *
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 RedHat jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-13.jbcs.el7 *
Text-Only JBCS RedHat *
Openssl Ubuntu artful *
Openssl Ubuntu bionic *
Openssl Ubuntu cosmic *
Openssl Ubuntu devel *
Openssl Ubuntu disco *
Openssl Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Openssl Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Openssl Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Openssl Ubuntu precise *
Openssl Ubuntu trusty *
Openssl Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Openssl Ubuntu upstream *
Openssl Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Openssl Ubuntu vivid/ubuntu-core *
Openssl Ubuntu wily *
Openssl Ubuntu xenial *
Openssl Ubuntu yakkety *
Openssl Ubuntu zesty *
Openssl098 Ubuntu precise *
Openssl098 Ubuntu trusty *

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • If possible, choose a language or compiler that performs automatic bounds checking.
  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482].
  • Use libraries or frameworks that make it easier to handle numbers without unexpected consequences.
  • Examples include safe integer handling packages such as SafeInt (C++) or IntegerLib (C or C++). [REF-106]
  • Perform input validation on any numeric input by ensuring that it is within the expected range. Enforce that the input meets both the minimum and maximum requirements for the expected range.
  • Use unsigned integers where possible. This makes it easier to perform validation for integer overflows. When signed integers are required, ensure that the range check includes minimum values as well as maximum values.
  • Understand the programming language’s underlying representation and how it interacts with numeric calculation (CWE-681). Pay close attention to byte size discrepancies, precision, signed/unsigned distinctions, truncation, conversion and casting between types, “not-a-number” calculations, and how the language handles numbers that are too large or too small for its underlying representation. [REF-7]
  • Also be careful to account for 32-bit, 64-bit, and other potential differences that may affect the numeric representation.

References

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