FKIE_CVE-2008-0891
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-05-29 16:32 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:50
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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