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Medium
CVE-2008-1672
OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g allows remote attackers to cause a...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30852
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30825
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30868
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31288
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30405
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31228
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.8f, 0.9.8g, 8.04
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 29th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.