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CVE-2003-0544

OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 does not properly track the number of characters in certain ASN.1 inputs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SSL client certificate that causes OpenSSL to read past the end of a buffer when the long form is used.

Published

2003-11-17T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	openssl	openssl	0.9.6	Yes
Application	openssl	openssl	0.9.7	Yes

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104893 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22249 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201029-1 ([email protected])
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112 ([email protected])
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-393 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/380864 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3693.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-291.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732 ([email protected])
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43041 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4574 ([email protected])
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104893 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22249 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201029-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-393 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/380864 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3693.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-291.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43041 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4574 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)