CVE-2007-4995

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4995
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-13 01:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva update for openssl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:237 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
HP-UX update for OpenSSL - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian OpenSSL Predictable Random Number Generator and Update - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20071012.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openssl.org Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenSSL: Remote execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
OpenSSL DTLS Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for openssl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Nortel Media Processing Server OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-534-1: OpenSSL vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1571-1 openssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com
OpenSSL DTLS Implementation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Linux Terminal Server Project: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for OpenSSL - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2007:021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo Bug 195634 - dev-libs/openssl < 0.9.8f DTLS vulnerability (CVE-2007-4995) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Nortel: Technical Support: Nortel Response to OpenSSL DTLS Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.nortel.com
Red Hat update for openssl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: openssl-0.9.8b-15.fc6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for openssl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo ltsp Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - OpenSSL DTLS Bug May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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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