CVE-2008-1672

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OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a TLS handshake that omits th

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.18966

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

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Affected Products & Versions

opensslall versions

canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

MEDIUM · 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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD29 May 2008 · 04:32 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11125-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11126-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1
usnUSN-620-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30405Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30460Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30825Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30852Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30868Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/31228Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31288Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004Third Party Advisory

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606Third Party Advisory

http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400Third Party Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107Third Party Advisory

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txtVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/referencesPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.htmlThird Party Advisory

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