CVE-2008-0891

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de doble liberación en OpenSSL 0.9.8f y 0.9.8g, cuando las extensiones de nombre de servidor TLS están habilitadas, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída) a través de un paquete manipulado. NOTA: Algunos de estos detalles se han obtenido de fuentes de terceros.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-02-21 CVE Reserved
2008-05-29 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors

CAPEC

References (22)

URL	Tag	Source
http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html	X_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30868	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31228	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31288	Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606	X_refsource_confirm
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400	X_refsource_misc
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/661475	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020121	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42666	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405	2023-11-07
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml	2023-11-07
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004	2023-11-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107	2023-11-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1	2023-11-07
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Openssl Search vendor "Openssl"		Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl"				0.9.8f Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "0.9.8f"		-		Affected
Openssl Search vendor "Openssl"		Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl"				0.9.8g Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "0.9.8g"		-		Affected