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CVE-2008-0891 Details

Description

Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g, when the TLS server name extensions are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Client Hello packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30868	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31228	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31288	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42666	CVE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606	CVE
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/661475	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107	CVE
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405	CVE	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020121	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references	CVE
http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30868	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31228	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31288	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42666	[email protected]
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606	[email protected]
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/661475	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107	[email protected]
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020121	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references	[email protected]

see all 44 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
openssl openssl	0.9.8f 0.9.8g
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8f:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8g:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 30, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]