CVE-2002-1568

OpenSSL 0.9.6e - Denial of Service via SSLv2 CLIENT_MASTER_KEY Assertion Failure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.6e uses assertions when detecting buffer overflow attacks instead of less severe mechanisms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain messages that cause OpenSSL to abort from a failed assertion, as demonstrated using SSLv2 CLIENT_MASTER_KEY messages, which are not properly handled in s2_srvr.c.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031002.txt
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=7659
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106511018214983

Scores

EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 78.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
openssl/openssl 0.9.6e
Published Nov 17, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026