CVE-2003-0851

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0851
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-01 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOpenSSL 0.9.6k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash via large recursion) via malformed ASN.1 sequences.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Css11000 Content Services Switch All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.1\(11b\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.1\(11\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.2sx All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 12.2sy All All All
Application Cisco Pix Firewall 6.2.2_.111 All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.0\(1\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.0\(2\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.0\(3\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.0\(4.101\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.0\(4\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.1\(1\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.1\(2\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.1\(3\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.1\(4\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.1\(5\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.2\(1\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.2\(2\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.2\(3\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.3\(1\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Pix Firewall Software 6.3\(3.102\) All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6h All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6i All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6j All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.6k All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.7b All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20031104.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openssl.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[OpenSSL Advisory] Denial of Service in ASN.1 parsing' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040304-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Cisco - Networking, Cloud, and Cybersecurity Solutions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com
OpenSSL ASN.1 Large Recursion Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-003.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for openssl096b af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
'[FLSA-2004:1395] Updated OpenSSL resolves security vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 3 Update: openssl096b-0.9.6b-21.42 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#412478 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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