CVE-2004-0081
OpenSSL 0.9.6 before 0.9.6d does not properly handle unknown message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop), as demonstrated using the Codenomicon TLS Test
02 Description
OpenSSL 0.9.6 before 0.9.6d does not properly handle unknown message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop), as demonstrated using the Codenomicon TLS Test
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-03-18 05:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fd9dc562a93ffe5879e7869cc343973400d8d463621ae50609d12c7e42159b51
05 Affected products
7 further entries not shown. The complete list is in the raw JSON document.
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com9899http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9899
- www.linuxsecurity.comESA-20040317-003http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-4135.html
- marc.info20040317 Re: New OpenSSL releases fix denial of service attacks [17 March 2004]http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107955049331965&w=2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:121http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-121.html
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2004:834http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000834
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2004.10ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.10/SCOSA-2004.10.txt
- patches.sgi.com20040304-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040304-01-U.asc
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssl-tls-dos(15509)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15509
- www.uniras.gov.ukhttp://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/224012/index.htm
- fedoranews.orgFEDORA-2004-095http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-095.shtml
- sunsolve.sun.com57524http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57524
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:871https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A871
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11755https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11755
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#465542http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/465542
- www.us-cert.govTA04-078Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-078A.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200403-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-03.xml
- secunia.com11139http://secunia.com/advisories/11139
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:120http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-120.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2004:119http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-119.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:902https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A902
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:139http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-139.html
- www.trustix.org2004-0012http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0012
- marc.info20040508 [FLSA-2004:1395] Updated OpenSSL resolves security vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108403850228012&w=2
- www.cisco.com20040317 Cisco OpenSSL Implementation Vulnerabilityhttp://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040317-openssl.shtml
- www.debian.orgDSA-465http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-465
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.6d-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.6d-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.6d-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.