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 v2.0

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

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (41 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
127201NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : openssl Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0033)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
critical
127177NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : openssl098e Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0020)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
critical
107877Solaris 10 (x86) : 121230-02NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
critical
107376Solaris 10 (sparc) : 121229-02NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
critical
86017F5 Networks BIG-IP : OpenSSL SSL_get_shared_ciphers vulnerability (SOL8106)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
critical
78213F5 Networks BIG-IP : Local OpenSSL vulnerabilities (SOL6734)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
critical
67411Oracle Linux 3 : openssl (ELSA-2006-0695)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
67405Oracle Linux 4 : openssl (ELSA-2006-0695 / ELSA-2006-0661)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
17757OpenSSL < 0.9.7l / 0.9.8d Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWeb Servers
critical
43839RHEL 4 : Solaris client in Satellite Server (RHSA-2008:0629)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
43838RHEL 3 / 4 : Solaris client in Satellite Server (RHSA-2008:0525)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
43836RHEL 4 : Solaris client in Satellite Server (RHSA-2008:0264)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
4632Attachmate Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Server < 7.0 SP1 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorSSH
medium
33948Attachmate Reflection for Secure IT UNIX server < 7.0 SP1 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusMisc.
critical
31729VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2008-0005)NessusWindows
high
29542SuSE 10 Security Update : OpenSSL (ZYPP Patch Number 2141)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
29405SuSE 10 Security Update : compat-openssl097g (ZYPP Patch Number 2163)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
28127Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : openssl vulnerabilities (USN-522-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
27933Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : openssl vulnerabilities (USN-353-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
27368openSUSE 10 Security Update : openssl (openssl-2140)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
27187openSUSE 10 Security Update : compat-openssl097g (compat-openssl097g-2171)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
27031Solaris 9 (x86) : 122715-03NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
high
26209Debian DSA-1379-1 : openssl - off-by-one error/buffer overflowNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
26166Solaris 9 (sparc) : 117123-10NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
high
25637Xerox WorkCentre Multiple OpenSSL Vulnerabilities (XRX07-001)NessusMisc.
high
24719FreeBSD : OpenSSL -- Multiple problems in crypto(3) (0f37d765-c5d4-11db-9f82-000e0c2e438a)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical
24564Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ntp (MDKSA-2006:178)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
critical
24563Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : MySQL (MDKSA-2006:177)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
critical
24558Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssl (MDKSA-2006:172-1)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
critical
23863GLSA-200612-11 : AMD64 x86 emulation base libraries: OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
22914GLSA-200610-11 : OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
22727Debian DSA-1185-2 : openssl - denial of serviceNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
22484CentOS 3 / 4 : openssl (CESA-2006:0695)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
22472RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : openssl (RHSA-2006:0695)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
22467Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : openssl (SSA:2006-272-01)NessusSlackware Local Security Checks
critical
3755OpenSSL < 0.9.7l / 0.9.8d Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Servers
medium
20275Solaris 10 (x86) : 121230-02NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
critical
20272Solaris 10 (sparc) : 121229-02NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
critical
13606Solaris 9 (x86) : 114568-29NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
critical
13543Solaris 9 (sparc) : 113713-30NessusSolaris Local Security Checks
critical
801062OpenSSL < 0.9.7l / 0.9.8d Multiple VulnerabilitiesLog Correlation EngineWeb Servers
high