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CVE-2008-1672 Details

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a TLS handshake that omits the Server Key Exchange message and uses "particular cipher suites," which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
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.
canonical ubuntu linux
8.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1672
NVD Published Date:
May 29, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-1672 Details - Not Deferred