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CVE-2003-0544 Details

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 does not properly track the number of characters in certain ASN.1 inputs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SSL client certificate that causes OpenSSL to read past the end of a buffer when the long form is used.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104893	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22249	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43041	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4574	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201029-1	CVE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112	CVE
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-393	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/380864	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3693.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-291.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732	CVE
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900	CVE
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104893	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22249	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43041	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4574	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201029-1	[email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112	[email protected]
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-393	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/380864	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3693.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-291.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732	[email protected]
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900	[email protected]

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
openssl openssl	0.9.6 0.9.7
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]