CVE-2006-2937

high

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.

References

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-007.txt.asc

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01118771

http://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-613

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00805100

http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00849540

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-11.txt

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-September/049715.html

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html

http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116253119512445&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2

http://openbsd.org/errata.html#openssl2

http://openvpn.net/changelog.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/22094

http://secunia.com/advisories/22116

http://secunia.com/advisories/22130

http://secunia.com/advisories/22165

http://secunia.com/advisories/22166

http://secunia.com/advisories/22172

http://secunia.com/advisories/22186

http://secunia.com/advisories/22193

http://secunia.com/advisories/22207

http://secunia.com/advisories/22212

http://secunia.com/advisories/22216

http://secunia.com/advisories/22220

http://secunia.com/advisories/22240

http://secunia.com/advisories/22259

http://secunia.com/advisories/22260

http://secunia.com/advisories/22284

http://secunia.com/advisories/22298

http://secunia.com/advisories/22330

http://secunia.com/advisories/22385

http://secunia.com/advisories/22460

http://secunia.com/advisories/22487

http://secunia.com/advisories/22544

http://secunia.com/advisories/22626

http://secunia.com/advisories/22671

http://secunia.com/advisories/22758

http://secunia.com/advisories/22772

http://secunia.com/advisories/22799

http://secunia.com/advisories/23038

http://secunia.com/advisories/23131

http://secunia.com/advisories/23155

http://secunia.com/advisories/23280

http://secunia.com/advisories/23309

http://secunia.com/advisories/23340

http://secunia.com/advisories/23351

http://secunia.com/advisories/23680

http://secunia.com/advisories/23915

http://secunia.com/advisories/24930

http://secunia.com/advisories/24950

http://secunia.com/advisories/25889

http://secunia.com/advisories/26329

http://secunia.com/advisories/30124

http://secunia.com/advisories/31492

http://secunia.com/advisories/31531

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:23.openssl.asc

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016943

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.676946

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=461863&group_id=69227

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102668-1

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102747-1

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200585-1

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201534-1

http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-220.htm

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-260.htm

http://www.arkoon.fr/upload/alertes/37AK-2006-06-FR-1.1_FAST360_OPENSSL_ASN1.pdf

http://www.arkoon.fr/upload/alertes/41AK-2006-08-FR-1.1_SSL360_OPENSSL_ASN1.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps4162/tsd_products_security_response09186a008077af1b.html

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20061108-openssl.shtml

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1185

http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-6.shtml

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-11.xml

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/247744

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:172

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:177

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:178

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_24_sr.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_58_openssl.html

http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.021-openssl.html

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20060928.txt

http://www.osvdb.org/29260

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0695.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447318/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447393/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20248

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276

http://www.serv-u.com/releasenotes/

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0054

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-353-1

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx-202-200612-patch.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200612-patch.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200612-patch.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200612-patch.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3820

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3860

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3869

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3902

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3936

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4019

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4036

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4264

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4327

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4329

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4401

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4417

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4761

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4980

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0343

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1401

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2315

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2783

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396

http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_ESSNetwork_XRX07001_v1.pdf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29228

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10560

https://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00967144

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2006-09-28

Updated: 2018-10-18

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH