Is CVE-2016-0705 being actively exploited?

It is not currently in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploitation probability is 26%.

What products does CVE-2016-0705 affect?

Tracked products affected include MySQL, Ubuntu. Check the version you run to see whether it is affected.

How do I fix CVE-2016-0705?

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Upgrade affected products to a fixed version.

CVE-2016-0705

Q: What is CVE-2016-0705?

CVE-2016-0705 is a critical-severity software vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c 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 corruption) or possibly have unspecified

CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8

9.8CVSS CRITICAL

Summary

Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c 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 corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA private key.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)26%

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (2)

MySQL Ubuntu

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

NVD record
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178358.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178817.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00003.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00005.htmlAdvisory