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CVE-2008-1672

OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a TLS handshake that omits the Server Key Exchange message and uses "particular cipher suites," which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Published

2008-05-29T16:32:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	openssl	openssl	0.9.8f	Yes
Application	openssl	openssl	0.9.8g	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes

References

http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30868 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31228 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31288 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30868 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31228 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31288 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)