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OpenSSL CVE-2016-0705 Vulnerability

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Severity: LowA double free bug was discovered when OpenSSL parses malformed DSA private keysand could lead to a DoS attack or memory corruption for applications thatreceive DSA private keys from untrusted sources. This scenario is consideredrare.This issue affects OpenSSL versions 1.0.2 and 1.0.1.OpenSSL 1.0.2 users should upgrade to 1.0.2gOpenSSL 1.0.1 users should upgrade to 1.0.1sThis issue was reported to OpenSSL on February 7th 2016 by Adam Langleyof OpenSSL.

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OpenSSL

CVE References

CVE-2016-0705

Other References

https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html
ID 39849
Created Jan 17, 2020
Description
Updated		 Dec 19, 2023
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Coverage FortiClient
OS Linux
Vendor OpenSSL
Patch manual
Application OpenSSL