CVE-2003-0544
Published Nov 17, 2003
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Vendor comments
- Red HatFor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 OpenSSL packages (openssl, openssl096, openssl095a) issue was addressed via RHSA-2003:293. The OpenSSL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 (openssl, openssl096b) contain a backported patch since their initial release. The OpenSSL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are based on fixed upstream release (openssl), or contain backported patch since their initial release (openssl097a).
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "B5E4742C-A983-4F00-B24F-AB280C0E876D"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "45A518E8-21BE-4C5C-B425-410AB1208E9C"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]