OpenSSL ASN1 Structure Memory Access Error Lets Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021906 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021906
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-0789
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 25 2009
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system, Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 0.9.8j and prior
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in OpenSSL. A remote or local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote or local user can supply a specially crafted ASN1 structure to an OpenSSL-based application to trigger a memory access flaw and cause the target application to crash.
Paolo Ganci reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
A local user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (0.9.8k).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt
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Vendor URL: www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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