CVE-2003-0545

Description

Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL client certificate with a certain invalid ASN.1 encoding.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 75.24% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory gov.uk
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html patch vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900 vdb entry broken link
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112 broken link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935264 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm patch vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/22249 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2590 signature vdb entry broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732 broken link third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0545?
CVE-2003-0545 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0545?
To fix CVE-2003-0545, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2003-0545 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2003-0545 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~75% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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