CVE-2008-0891

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0891
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-29 16:32:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:01:00 UTC
DescriptionDouble free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g, when the TLS server name extensions are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Client Hello packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8g All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: openssl-0.9.8g-9.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
OpenSSL: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
OpenSSL Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
OpenSSL Two Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CERT-FI - CERT-FI Vulnerability Advisory on OpenSSL MISC cert.fi
Nortel Media Processing Server OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt CONFIRM www.openssl.org
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:107 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Ubuntu update for openssl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#661475 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Gentoo update for openssl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Fedora update for openssl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
cwRsync OpenSSL Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp MISC support.nortel.com
Slackware update for openssl - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SourceForge.net: SysAdmin Tools from ITeF!x: Files CONFIRM sourceforge.net
OpenSSL Server Name Extension Bug Lets Remote Users Crash the Target Application - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
USN-620-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.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 Hat2008-05-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenSSL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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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