ASN.1 parser deallocation buffer overflow in OpenSSL - CVE-2003-0545
Published: August 1, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU247
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2003-0545
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in OpenSSL. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service and possible arbitrary code execution via an SSL client certificate with a certain invalid ASN.1 encoding.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists in OpenSSL. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service and possible arbitrary code execution via an SSL client certificate with a certain invalid ASN.1 encoding.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2003-0545
Upgrade your version to OpenSSL 0.9.7c.