CVE-2006-2937

Description

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.63% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:172 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22212 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 vdb entry
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200612-patch.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23915 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201534-1 vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01118771 vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016943 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/23038 third party advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0054 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23309 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4401 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-353-1 patch vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=461863&group_id=69227
http://secunia.com/advisories/22116 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00967144 vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-260.htm
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-11.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22166 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0695.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23340 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22385 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_24_sr.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22758 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22487 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_58_openssl.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22772 third party advisory
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00849540 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31531 third party advisory
http://www.arkoon.fr/upload/alertes/37AK-2006-06-FR-1.1_FAST360_OPENSSL_ASN1.pdf patch vendor advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:23.openssl.asc patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22165 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-September/049715.html mailing list patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22220 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23680 third party advisory
http://openvpn.net/changelog.html patch
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25889 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29228 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4036 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4019 vdb entry
http://openbsd.org/errata.html#openssl2 patch vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30124 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22626 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:178 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23351 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3869 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22671 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20248 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22544 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22298 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22130 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31492 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4329 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22284 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24930 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4327 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23131 third party advisory
http://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-613
http://secunia.com/advisories/26329 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22260 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_ESSNetwork_XRX07001_v1.pdf
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0343 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3860 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23280 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447318/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-220.htm patch
http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-6.shtml
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4264 vdb entry
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22193 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx-202-200612-patch.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4761 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22799 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200585-1 vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.676946 patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4417 vdb entry
http://www.serv-u.com/releasenotes/ patch
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200612-patch.html
http://www.osvdb.org/29260 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116253119512445&w=2 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22094 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22186 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20060928.txt patch vendor advisory
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-11.txt patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2315 vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html vendor advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22216 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3820 vdb entry
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html mailing list
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00805100 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10560 vdb entry signature
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.021-openssl.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102747-1 vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/247744 us government resource third party advisory patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1401 vdb entry
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-007.txt.asc vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447393/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3936 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4980 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22240 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22330 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1185 patch vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc vendor advisory
http://www.arkoon.fr/upload/alertes/41AK-2006-08-FR-1.1_SSL360_OPENSSL_ASN1.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/22207 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:177 vendor advisory
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps4162/tsd_products_security_response09186a008077af1b.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3902 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2783 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22259 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22460 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22172 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200612-patch.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276 vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102668-1 patch vendor advisory
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20061108-openssl.shtml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24950 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2937?
CVE-2006-2937 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2937?
To fix CVE-2006-2937, 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-2006-2937 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2937 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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