CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in OpenSSL up to 0.9.7 (Network Encryption Software). This affects an unknown code of the component ASN.1 Library. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
The ASN1 library in OpenSSL 0.9.6d and earlier, and 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via invalid encodings.
The issue has been introduced in 12/23/1998. The weakness was presented 08/12/2002 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0659. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1328 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12316 (RHEL 2.1 : openssl (RHSA-2002:161)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9718) and Tenable (12316). See 300 for similar entry.
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 12316
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : openssl (RHSA-2002:161)
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Timeline
12/23/1998 🔍07/30/2002 🔍
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Sources
Product: openssl.orgAdvisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-0659 (🔍)
X-Force: 9718
Vulnerability Center: 3438 - ASN.1 library in OpenSSL Allows DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 5366 - OpenSSL ASN.1 Parsing Error Denial Of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/22/2014 22:38Updated: 06/27/2021 14:36
Changes: 07/22/2014 22:38 (68), 05/19/2019 11:52 (4), 06/27/2021 14:36 (3)
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