CVE-2003-0543

Integer overflow in OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SSL client certificate with certain ASN.1 tag values.

• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104893Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22249
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201029-1
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-393
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/255484US Government Resource
• http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3693.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-291.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732
• http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4254
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5292
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104893Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22249
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201029-1
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-393
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/255484US Government Resource
• http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3693.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-291.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732
• http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4254
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5292

Published

Nov 17, 2003

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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