VDB-99573 · CVE-2016-10259 · BID 97525

Blue Coat SSL Visibility up to 3.11.3.0 SSL Connection TCP Connection resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Blue Coat SSL Visibility up to 3.11.3.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SSL Connection Handler. Performing a manipulation as part of TCP Connection results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-10259. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Blue Coat SSL Visibility up to 3.11.3.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component SSL Connection Handler. The manipulation as part of a TCP Connection leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Blue Coat SSL Visibility (SSLV) 3.x before 3.11.3.1 is susceptible to a denial-of-service vulnerability that impacts the SSL servers for intercepted SSL connections. A malicious SSL client can, under certain circumstances, temporarily exhaust the TCP connection pool of an SSL server.

The bug was discovered 05/24/2017. The weakness was presented 04/11/2017 by Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at bto.bluecoat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-10259 since 03/23/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.11.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 97525†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SSL Visibility 3.11.3.1

Timelineinfo

03/23/2017 🔍
04/07/2017 +15 days 🔍
04/11/2017 +4 days 🔍
04/11/2017 +0 days 🔍
04/11/2017 +0 days 🔍
05/24/2017 +43 days 🔍
08/28/2020 +1192 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bto.bluecoat.com
Researcher: Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-10259 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99573
SecurityFocus: 97525 - Bluecoat SSL Visibility CVE-2016-10259 Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10259 - Blue Coat - SSL Visibility Appliance - Denial-of-Service Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 04/11/2017 22:02
Updated: 08/28/2020 21:09
Changes: 04/11/2017 22:02 (60), 08/28/2020 21:09 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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