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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-1672

OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a TLS handshake that omits the Server Key Exchange message and uses "particular cipher suites," which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 5.00%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.00%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a TLS handshake that omits the Server Key Exchange message and uses "particular cipher suites," which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
5.00% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
openssl/openssl · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.