CVE-2008-1672

Published May 29, 2008

Last updated 3 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-476

Vendor comments

  • Red HatNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenSSL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

Configurations