ASN.1 parser deallocation buffer overflow in OpenSSL - CVE-2003-0545
Published: August 1, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU247
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2003-0545
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
OpenSSL
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2003-0545
Upgrade your version to OpenSSL 0.9.7c.