CVE-2006-4343
The get_server_hello function in the SSLv2 client code in OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l, 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d, and earlier versions allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via
02 Description
The get_server_hello function in the SSLv2 client code in OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l, 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d, and earlier versions allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via
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
- 19.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.3% 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
- 2006-09-28 18:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 92819144fd615e6d68fe487490b10b98e6c069f43a7a1b1507fced6c86dac442
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:172http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:172
- secunia.com22212http://secunia.com/advisories/22212
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4750http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
- www.exploit-db.com4773https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4773
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200612-patch.html
- secunia.com23915http://secunia.com/advisories/23915
- h20000.www2.hp.comHPSBMA02250http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01118771
- securitytracker.com1016943http://securitytracker.com/id?1016943
- secunia.com23038http://secunia.com/advisories/23038
- www.trustix.org2006-0054http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0054
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssl-sslv2-client-dos(29240)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29240
- www.debian.orgDSA-1195http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1195
- secunia.com23309http://secunia.com/advisories/23309
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4401http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4401
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-353-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-353-1
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=461863&group_id=69227
- secunia.com22116http://secunia.com/advisories/22116
- www2.itrc.hp.comSSRT071304https://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00967144
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-260.htm
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200612-11http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-11.xml
- secunia.com22166http://secunia.com/advisories/22166
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0695http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0695.html
- secunia.com23340http://secunia.com/advisories/23340
- secunia.com22385http://secunia.com/advisories/22385
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2006:024http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_24_sr.html
- secunia.com22758http://secunia.com/advisories/22758
- secunia.com22487http://secunia.com/advisories/22487
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:058http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_58_openssl.html
- secunia.com22772http://secunia.com/advisories/22772
- itrc.hp.comSSRT071299http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00849540
- security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-06:23.opensslhttp://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:23.openssl.asc
- secunia.com22165http://secunia.com/advisories/22165
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
- lists.grok.org.uk20060928 [SECURITY] OpenSSL 0.9.8d and 0.9.7l releasedhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-September/049715.html
- secunia.com23794http://secunia.com/advisories/23794
- marc.infoSSRT090208http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2
- secunia.com22220http://secunia.com/advisories/22220
- secunia.com23680http://secunia.com/advisories/23680
- openvpn.nethttp://openvpn.net/changelog.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
- secunia.com25889http://secunia.com/advisories/25889
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4036http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4036
- openbsd.org[3.9] 20061007 013: SECURITY FIX: October 7, 2006http://openbsd.org/errata.html#openssl2
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
- secunia.com30124http://secunia.com/advisories/30124
- www.ingate.comhttp://www.ingate.com/relnote-452.php
- secunia.com22626http://secunia.com/advisories/22626
- www.osvdb.org29263http://www.osvdb.org/29263
- www.securityfocus.com22083http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22083
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:178http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:178
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3869http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3869
- secunia.com22544http://secunia.com/advisories/22544
- secunia.com22298http://secunia.com/advisories/22298
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- secunia.com22130http://secunia.com/advisories/22130
- secunia.com25420http://secunia.com/advisories/25420
- secunia.com31492http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1973http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1973
- secunia.com22284http://secunia.com/advisories/22284
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:4356https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4356
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0629http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200610-11http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml
- issues.rpath.comhttp://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-613
- secunia.com26329http://secunia.com/advisories/26329
- secunia.com22260http://secunia.com/advisories/22260
- www.xerox.comhttp://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_ESSNetwork_XRX07001_v1.pdf
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-0343http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0343
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3860http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3860
- secunia.com23280http://secunia.com/advisories/23280
- www.securityfocus.com20060928 rPSA-2006-0175-1 openssl openssl-scriptshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447318/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10207https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10207
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-220.htm
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4264http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4264
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- secunia.com22193http://secunia.com/advisories/22193
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx-202-200612-patch.html
- secunia.com23155http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
- secunia.com22799http://secunia.com/advisories/22799
- slackware.comSSA:2006-272-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.676946
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4417http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4417
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#386964http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/386964
- www.serv-u.comhttp://www.serv-u.com/releasenotes/
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4443http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4443
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2007-101493.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200612-patch.html
- secunia.com22094http://secunia.com/advisories/22094
- secunia.com22186http://secunia.com/advisories/22186
- www.openssl.orghttp://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20060928.txt
- kolab.orghttp://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-11.txt
- secunia.com22500http://secunia.com/advisories/22500
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-11-28http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
- www.us-cert.govTA06-333Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
- www.securityfocus.com20080318 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issueshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com22216http://secunia.com/advisories/22216
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3820http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3820
- lists.vmware.com[security-announce] 20080317 VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issueshttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
- itrc.hp.comHPSBUX02174http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00805100
- www.openpkg.orgOpenPKG-SA-2006.021http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.021-openssl.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0905http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1401http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1401
- sunsolve.sun.com102711http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102711-1
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2008-007ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-007.txt.asc
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
- www.securityfocus.com20070110 VMware ESX server security updateshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20060929 rPSA-2006-0175-2 openssl openssl-scriptshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447393/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3936http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3936
- secunia.com22240http://secunia.com/advisories/22240
- secunia.com22330http://secunia.com/advisories/22330
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1185http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1185
- patches.sgi.com20061001-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc
- secunia.com22207http://secunia.com/advisories/22207
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:177http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:177
- securitytracker.com1017522http://securitytracker.com/id?1017522
- www.cisco.com20061108 Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Libraryhttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps4162/tsd_products_security_response09186a008077af1b.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3902http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3902
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2783http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2783
- secunia.com22259http://secunia.com/advisories/22259
- secunia.com22460http://secunia.com/advisories/22460
- secunia.com22791http://secunia.com/advisories/22791
- secunia.com22172http://secunia.com/advisories/22172
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200612-patch.html
- www.securityfocus.com28276http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276
- sunsolve.sun.com102668http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102668-1
- www.securityfocus.com20246http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20246
- www.cisco.com20061108 Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL libraryhttp://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20061108-openssl.shtml
- secunia.com24950http://secunia.com/advisories/24950
- sunsolve.sun.com201531http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201531-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.8c-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.8c-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.8c-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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