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CVE-2006-2937

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via malformed ASN.1 structures that trigger an improperly handled error condition.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.05111
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  • EPSS percentile: top 10% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

1
opensslall versions

Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD28 Sep 2006 · 06:07 PM

Vendor Advisories

8
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11125-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11126-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:0264Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0629Moderate
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References & Sources

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