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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2181 (CVE-2016-2181)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-09-16 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:37 – Source website
VLAI
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2181",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:55Z",
  "published": "2016-09-16T00:00:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}



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