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CVE-2016-8610

A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail to accept connections from other clients.

Severity
High 7.5
Published
13 Nov 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
OpenSSLServers and applications · cpe:a:openssl:openssl
  • Version 0.9.8
  • Version 1.0.1
  • From 1.0.2 up to 1.0.2h
  • Version 1.1.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8610
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8610