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FKIE_CVE-2003-0543

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2003-11-17 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:02
Severity
Summary
Integer overflow in OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SSL client certificate with certain ASN.1 tag values.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104893Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22249
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201029-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.htmlUS Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-393
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/255484US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3693.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-291.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4254
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5292
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104893Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22249
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201029-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-393
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/255484US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3693.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-291.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4254
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5292
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openssl openssl 0.9.6
openssl openssl 0.9.7

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          "vendor": "n/a",
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            }
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        }
      ],
      "source": "cve@mitre.org"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
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      "nodes": [
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          "cpeMatch": [
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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              "vulnerable": true
            },
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Desbordamiento de enteros en OpenSSL 0.9.6 y 0.9.7 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda) mediante un certificado  SSL de cliente con ciertos valores en la etiqueta ASN.1."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2003-0543",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:02:24.277",
  "metrics": {
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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          "baseScore": 5.0,
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    }
  ]
}



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