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CVE-2003-0545 (GCVE-0-2003-0545)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-10-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:58
VLAI
Summary
Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL client certificate with a certain invalid ASN.1 encoding.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2003-09-29 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:33:58+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2003-0545",
      "id": "CVE-2003-0545",
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      "current_release_date": "2023-12-09T03:44:58Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2003-0545",
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      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:21:35Z",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2003-0545",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2003-0545.json",
      "version": "4"
    }
  }
}



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