CVE-2008-1672

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 21.26% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory openssl.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667 third party advisory vdb entry
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30868 third party advisory
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31288 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405 patch third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/31228 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586 third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1672?
CVE-2008-1672 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1672?
To fix CVE-2008-1672, 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-2008-1672 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1672 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~21% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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