OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 does not properly track the number of characters in certain ASN.1 inputs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SSL client certificate that causes OpenSSL to read past the end of a buffer when the long form is used.
Published 2003-11-17 05:00:00
Updated 2018-05-03 01:29:21
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2003-0544

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0544

37.85%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 97 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2003-0544

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2003-0544

  • Red Hat 2008-07-07
    For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 OpenSSL packages (openssl, openssl096, openssl095a) issue was addressed via RHSA-2003:293. The OpenSSL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 (openssl, openssl096b) contain a backported patch since their initial release. The OpenSSL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are based on fixed upstream release (openssl), or contain backported patch since their initial release (openssl097a).

References for CVE-2003-0544

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