CVE-2003-0851

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.6k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash via large recursion) via malformed ASN.1 sequences.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.85% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory openssl.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5528	vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-October/msg00087.html	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040304-01-U.asc	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17381	third party advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-003.txt.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20030930-ssl.shtml	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8970	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106796246511667&w=2	mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-119.html	vendor advisory
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20031104.txt	patch vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412478	us government resource third party advisory patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108403850228012&w=2	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0851?: CVE-2003-0851 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0851?: To fix CVE-2003-0851, 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-2003-0851 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2003-0851 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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