Description
OpenSSL 0.9.6e uses assertions when detecting buffer overflow attacks instead of less severe mechanisms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain messages that cause OpenSSL to abort from a failed assertion, as demonstrated using SSLv2 CLIENT_MASTER_KEY messages, which are not properly handled in s2_srvr.c.
Published: 2003-10-08
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-1549 OpenSSL 0.9.6e uses assertions when detecting buffer overflow attacks instead of less severe mechanisms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain messages that cause OpenSSL to abort from a failed assertion, as demonstrated using SSLv2 CLIENT_MASTER_KEY messages, which are not properly handled in s2_srvr.c.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:29.118Z

Reserved: 2003-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1568

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-11-17T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-1568

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2003-10-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-1568 - Bugzilla

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