CVE-2007-4995

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4995
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-13 01:17:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 21:39:00 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8f allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8e All All All

References

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HPSBUX02296 HP h20000.www2.hp.com
USN-534-1: OpenSSL vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2007:021 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1571-1 openssl DEBIAN www.debian.org
Mandriva update for openssl - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - OpenSSL DTLS Bug May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
OpenSSL DTLS Implementation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenSSL: Remote execution of arbitrary code GENTOO security.gentoo.org
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[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: openssl-0.9.8b-15.fc6 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Gentoo Bug 195634 - dev-libs/openssl < 0.9.8f DTLS vulnerability (CVE-2007-4995) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-10-24Mark J CoxThis issue did not affect the versions of OpenSSL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. An update to correct this issue for Enterprise Linux 5 is available. http://rhn.redhat.com/cve/CVE-2007-4995.html Please note that the CVE description is incorrect, this issue did not affect upstream versions of OpenSSL prior to 0.9.8.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 390284 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) (OVMSA-2023-0013)
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