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.
Published: 2008-05-29
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 19.0% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-620-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Openssl Openssl
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:32:01.259Z

Reserved: 2008-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1672

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-29T16:32:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1672

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-05-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1672 - Bugzilla

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