CVE-2003-0545
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2003-0545 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2003-11-17 05:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| Description | Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL client certificate with a certain invalid ASN.1 encoding. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types: CWE-415 | n/a
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Primary | 9.8 | CRITICAL | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 10 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
HighIntegrity
HighAvailability
HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#935264 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | Broken Link |
| OpenSSL ASN.1 Parsing Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| IBM Vulnerability Detected: 170.23.146.40:443 - OpenSSL Overflow Via Invalid Certificate Passing - United States | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www-1.ibm.com | Broken Link |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Broken Link |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-394-1 openssl095 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Broken Link |
| IBM Rational RequisitePro OpenSSL Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Broken Link, Vendor Advisory |
| www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.uniras.gov.uk | Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| CERT Advisory CA-2003-26 Multiple Vulnerabilities in SSL/TLS Implementations | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.cert.org | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-07-07 | Mark J Cox | Not vulnerable. The OpenSSL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 were not affected by this issue. The OpenSSL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 contain a backported patch since their initial release (openssl), or were not affected by this issue (openssl096b). The OpenSSL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are based on fixed upstream release (openssl), or contain backported patch since their initial release (openssl097a). |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.