CVE-2008-1672
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · CWE-476
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30405Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30460Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30825Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30852Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30868Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31228Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31288Advisory