VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-0891
Double 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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 4.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Double 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.23% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- openssl/openssl
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30405Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30825
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30852
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30868
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31228
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31288
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/661475US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020121
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42666
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html
- http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30405Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30825
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30852
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30868
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31228
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31288
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.