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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2003-0543 Detail

Description

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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/07/2008)

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 OpenSSL packages (openssl, openssl096, openssl095a) issue was addressed via RHSA-2003:293. The OpenSSL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 (openssl, openssl096b) contain a backported patch since their initial release. The OpenSSL packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are based on fixed upstream release (openssl), or contain backported patch since their initial release (openssl097a).

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104893 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22249 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201029-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21247112 CVE, MITRE
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-26.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-393 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-394 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/255484 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3693.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-291.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-292.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8732 CVE, MITRE
http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3900 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4254 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5292 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-0543
NVD Published Date:
11/17/2003
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE