Vulnerability Note VU#308891

OpenSSL contains multiple buffer overflows in buffers that are used to hold ASCII representations of integers

Original Release date: 30 Jul 2002 | Last revised: 30 Sep 2002

Overview

OpenSSL is an open-source implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. There is a buffer overflow on 64-bit platforms related to the ASCII representation of integers.

Description

OpenSSL clients and servers running on 64-bit platforms prior to version 0.9.6e and pre-release version 0.9.7-beta2 contain multiple remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities. These buffers are used to hold ASCII representations of integers.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the system. Exploitation of a server will cause the code to be executed with the privileges of the application or service exploited via this vulnerability. For exploited clients, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on the client system with the privileges of the current user.

Solution

Apply the patches provided by your vendors, or upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.6e. Note that applications statically linking to OpenSSL libraries may need to be recompiled with the corrected version of OpenSSL.

Systems Affected (Learn More)

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
Apple Computer Inc.Affected29 Jul 200209 Aug 2002
DebianAffected29 Jul 200209 Aug 2002
Gentoo LinuxAffected-09 Aug 2002
Guardian DigitalAffected29 Jul 200209 Aug 2002
Hewlett-Packard CompanyAffected29 Jul 200209 Aug 2002
IBMAffected29 Jul 200209 Aug 2002
ISCAffected-09 Aug 2002
Juniper NetworksAffected29 Jul 200216 Aug 2002
MandrakeSoftAffected-23 Sep 2002
NetBSDAffected29 Jul 200223 Sep 2002
OpenLDAPAffected29 Jul 200209 Aug 2002
OpenPKGAffected-09 Aug 2002
OpenSSLAffected29 Jul 200230 Jul 2002
OracleAffected29 Jul 200209 Aug 2002
Red Hat Inc.Affected29 Jul 200209 Aug 2002
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CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

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References

Credit

Thanks to A.L. Digital Ltd for discovering and reporting on this vulnerability.

This document was written by Jason A Rafail.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs: CAN-2002-0655
  • CERT Advisory: CA-2002-23
  • Date Public: 30 Jul 2002
  • Date First Published: 30 Jul 2002
  • Date Last Updated: 30 Sep 2002
  • Severity Metric: 17.63
  • Document Revision: 24

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