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TI-2015-02845 Aliases CVE-2015-3216GHSA-3522-gq68-vxp6

Race condition in a certain Red Hat patch to the PRNG lock implementation in the…

Priority LOW 27CWE-189Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 17 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Race condition in a certain Red Hat patch to the PRNG lock implementation in the ssleay_rand_bytes function in OpenSSL, as distributed in openssl-1.0.1e-25.el7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by establishing many TLS sessions to a multithreaded server, leading to use of a negative value for a certain length field.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04272 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 17 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1e-25.el7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.1e-25.el7VulnerableOpenSSL
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1e-25.el7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1e-25.el7 Vulnerable ·OpenSSL

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:2957 Released 2016-12-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP 2.4.23 Release
    • Red Hat JBoss Core Services
  • RHSA-2015:1115 Released 2015-06-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openssl security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) openssl-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-libs-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) openssl-devel-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-perl-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-static-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) openssl-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-libs-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) openssl-devel-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-perl-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-static-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11, openssl-perl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11, openssl-static-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11, openssl-perl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11, openssl-static-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11, openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11.ppc, openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) openssl-1:1.0.1e-42.ael7b_1.8, openssl-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-devel-1:1.0.1e-42.ael7b_1.8 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) openssl-perl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11, openssl-static-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) openssl-perl-1:1.0.1e-42.ael7b_1.8, openssl-perl-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-static-1:1.0.1e-42.ael7b_1.8 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11, openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) openssl-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-devel-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-libs-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) openssl-perl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11, openssl-static-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) openssl-perl-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8, openssl-static-1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:1115
Red Hat JBoss Core ServicesFixed RHSA-2016:2957
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-3216
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3522-gq68-vxp6

References

Advisory 7

Other 1

Sources

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