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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2007-4995 Detail

Current Description

Off-by-one error in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8f allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/24/2007)

This issue did not affect the versions of OpenSSL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. An update to correct this issue for Enterprise Linux 5 is available. http://rhn.redhat.com/cve/CVE-2007-4995.html Please note that the CVE description is incorrect, this issue did not affect upstream versions of OpenSSL prior to 0.9.8.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195634 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01299773 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25878 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27205 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27217 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27271 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27363 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27434 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27933 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28084 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30220 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-30.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018810 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738962 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:237 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20071012.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0964.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482167/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26055 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3487 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4219 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37185 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10288 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/534-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00218.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4995
NVD Published Date:
10/12/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.