CVE-2008-1672

OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (23)

Core 23
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30868
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31288
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31228
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586

Scores

EPSS 0.1897
EPSS Percentile 95.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
openssl/openssl 0.9.8f
openssl/openssl 0.9.8g
Published May 29, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026