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CVE-2003-0851

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Description

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

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5528

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8970

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-October/msg00087.html

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20031104.txt

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412478

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20030930-ssl.shtml

http://secunia.com/advisories/17381

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-119.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108403850228012&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106796246511667&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-12-01

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06853

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