CVE-2008-1672

OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a TLS handshake that omits the Server Key Exchange message and uses "particular cipher suites," which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

• CWE-476

• http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30405Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30460Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30825Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30852Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30868Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31228Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31288Third Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004Third Party Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606Third Party Advisory
• http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txtVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/referencesPermissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30405Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30460Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30825Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30852Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30868Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31228Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31288Third Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004Third Party Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606Third Party Advisory
• http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txtVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/referencesPermissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.htmlThird Party Advisory

Published

May 29, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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