CVE-2006-2937 — Infinite Loop in Openssl

CWE-39913 documents11 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
5.1%
top 10.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
OpensslDebian OpensslVmware Fusion+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 28
Latest updateDec 29

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/openssl< openssl 0.9.8c-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianopenssl/openssl< 0.9.8c-2+3
▶NVDopenssl/openssl16 versions+15

Patches

Patch: kolab.org ↗Patch: lists.grok.org.uk ↗Patch: openbsd.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mwwc-2rmx-mj8j: OpenSSL 0↗2022-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2006-2937: OpenSSL 0↗2006-09-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
VMware
Several critical security vulnerabilities have been addressed in the newest releases of VMware's hosted product line↗2008-03-17
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Cisco
Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Library↗2006-11-08
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Ubuntu
openssl vulnerabilities↗2006-09-29
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BSD
FreeBSD-SA-06:23.openssl: Multiple problems in crypto(3)↗2006-09-28
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Red Hat
openssl ASN.1 DoS↗2006-09-28
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
One Bad Apple Spoils the Barrel: Understanding the Security Risks Introduced by Third-Party Components in IoT Firmware↗2022-12-29
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-2937 openssl ASN.1 DoS↗2008-01-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2006-3738 OpenSSL issues (CVE-2006-4343, CVE-2006-2940, CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-4339)↗2006-10-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2006-2937 OpenSSL ASN1 DoS↗2006-09-20
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