CVE-2016-2181

Publication date 16 September 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

The Anti-Replay feature in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 mishandles early use of a new epoch number in conjunction with a large sequence number, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (false-positive packet drops) via spoofed DTLS records, related to rec_layer_d1.c and ssl3_record.c.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openssl 19.04 disco
Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu9
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu9
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu9
17.10 artful
Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu9
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu9
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu9
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.20
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.37
openssl098 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
openssl

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3087-1
    • OpenSSL vulnerabilities
    • 22 September 2016

Other references