CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-2937

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause an infinite loop and memory exhaustion via malformed ASN.1 structures that trigger an improperly handled error condition.

Risk Assessment

The attack can lead to denial of service (DoS), disrupting the availability of servers or applications using the vulnerable OpenSSL version, potentially affecting critical services.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade OpenSSL to version 0.9.7l, 0.9.8d, or later to eliminate the vulnerability to DoS attacks via malformed ASN.1 structures.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via malformed ASN.1 structures that trigger an improperly handled error condition.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS