{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0798","details":"Memory leak in the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by providing an invalid username in a connection attempt, related to apps/s_server.c and crypto/srp/srp_vfy.c.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:46:40.189325Z","published":"2016-03-01T13:00:00Z","related":["USN-2914-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-0798"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0798"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2914-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0798"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openssl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssl@1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18"}]}],"versions":["1.0.1e-3ubuntu1","1.0.1e-4ubuntu1","1.0.1e-4ubuntu2","1.0.1e-4ubuntu3","1.0.1e-4ubuntu4","1.0.1f-1ubuntu1","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.1","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.2","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.3","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.4","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.5","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.7","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.8","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.11","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.12","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.15","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.16","1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.17"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libssl1.0.0","binary_version":"1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18"},{"binary_name":"openssl","binary_version":"1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0798.json"}},{"package":{"name":"openssl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssl@1.0.2g-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.2g-1ubuntu2"}]}],"versions":["1.0.2d-0ubuntu1","1.0.2d-0ubuntu2","1.0.2e-1ubuntu1","1.0.2f-2ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libssl1.0.0","binary_version":"1.0.2g-1ubuntu2"},{"binary_name":"openssl","binary_version":"1.0.2g-1ubuntu2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0798.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}