CVE-2016-2176 is a low-severity buffer over-read in OpenSSL's X509_NAME_oneline function on EBCDIC platforms. When converting crafted ASN.1 name-string data exceeding 1024 bytes, the function can read beyond its intended buffer bounds and include process stack contents in the generated output.
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OpenSSL over-read vulnerability on EBCDIC systems in X509_NAME_oneline that may leak arbitrary stack data.
Low-severity OpenSSL information-disclosure vulnerability on EBCDIC systems, caused by an overread in X509_NAME_oneline() for ASN.1 strings longer than 1024 bytes.
Low-severity OpenSSL information-disclosure vulnerability on EBCDIC systems, caused by an overread in X509_NAME_oneline() for ASN.1 strings longer than 1024 bytes.
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