CVE-2006-2937

CVE Details

Release Date:

2006-09-28

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via malformed ASN.1 structures that trigger an improperly handled error condition.

See more information about CVE-2006-2937 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (openssl)	ELSA-2006-0695	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (openssl096b)	ELSA-2006-0695	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (openssl)	ELSA-2006-0695	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (openssl096b)	ELSA-2006-0695	2006-11-30

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