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  - Issue summary: Writing large, newline-free data into a BIO chain using the line-buffering filter where the     next BIO performs short writes can trigger a heap-based out-of-bounds write. Impact summary: This out-of-     bounds write can cause memory corruption which typically results in a crash, leading to Denial of Service     for an application. The line-buffering BIO filter (BIO_f_linebuffer) is not used by default in TLS/SSL     data paths. In OpenSSL command-line applications, it is typically only pushed onto stdout/stderr on VMS     systems. Third-party applications that explicitly use this filter with a BIO chain that can short-write     and that write large, newline-free data influenced by an attacker would be affected. However, the     circumstances where this could happen are unlikely to be under attacker control, and BIO_f_linebuffer is     unlikely to be handling non-curated data controlled by an attacker. For that reason the issue was assessed     as Low severity. The FIPS modules in 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue, as the BIO     implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. OpenSSL 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.0, 1.1.1 and     1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue. (CVE-2025-68160)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68160

medium Nessus Plugin ID 296782

Version 1.3