CVE-2003-0032 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the application, which causes libmcrypt to dynamically load algorithms via libtool.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcrypt:libmcrypt:2.5.1_r4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcrypt:libmcrypt:2.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcrypt:libmcrypt:2.5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcrypt:libmcrypt:2.5_.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0032	Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the application, which causes libmcrypt to dynamically load algorithms via libtool.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00787.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000567
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104162752401212&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104188513728573&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-228
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10988.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6512

History

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Subscriptions

Mcrypt Libmcrypt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.190Z

Reserved: 2003-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0032

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-01-17T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0032

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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