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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-0704

An oracle protection mechanism in the get_client_master_key function in s2_srvr.c in the SSLv2 implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a overwrites incorrect MASTER-KEY bytes during use of export cipher suites, which makes it easier for remote attackers to decrypt TLS ciphertext data by leveraging a Bleichenbacher RSA padding oracle, a related issue to CVE-2016-0800.

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CVE-2016-0704

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Mar 2016, 11:59 UTC

An oracle protection mechanism in the get_client_master_key function in s2_srvr.c in the SSLv2 implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a overwrites incorrect MASTER-KEY bytes during use of export cipher suites, which makes it easier for remote attackers to decrypt TLS ciphertext data by leveraging a Bleichenbacher RSA padding oracle, a related issue to CVE-2016-0800.

osv:CVE-2016-0704
Complete source record
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        "https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03741en_us",
        "https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40168",
        "https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt",
        "https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl.asc",
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