CVE-2009-0590
The ASN1_STRING_print_ex function in OpenSSL before 0.9.8k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) via vectors that trigger printing of a (1)
02 Description
The ASN1_STRING_print_ex function in OpenSSL before 0.9.8k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) via vectors that trigger printing of a (1)
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
- 6.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.5% 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
- 2009-03-27 16:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-02-13
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- adf64d915f31b075f7122ca6195c1fdb4c65d569c888057f1edae1cc71ac1f51
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.infoSSRT090059http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124464882609472&w=2
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0850http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0850
- securitytracker.com1021905http://securitytracker.com/id?1021905
- secunia.com34896http://secunia.com/advisories/34896
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:087http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:087
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1175http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1175
- secunia.com42724http://secunia.com/advisories/42724
- www.securityfocus.com20090403 rPSA-2009-0057-1 m2crypto openssl openssl-scriptshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502429/100/0/threaded
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2011:0847http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00014.html
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0057
- www.debian.orgDSA-1763http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1763
- secunia.com38794http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- lists.vmware.com[security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updateshttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=671059&group_id=116847
- secunia.com34960http://secunia.com/advisories/34960
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2011:0845http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00013.html
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0057
- secunia.com34666http://secunia.com/advisories/34666
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-750-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-750-1
- security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-09:08http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:08.openssl.asc
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1020http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1020
- secunia.com35729http://secunia.com/advisories/35729
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1335http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html
- www.osvdb.org52864http://www.osvdb.org/52864
- secunia.com34561http://secunia.com/advisories/34561
- secunia.com35380http://secunia.com/advisories/35380
- marc.infoHPSBOV02540http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127678688104458&w=2
- secunia.com42467http://secunia.com/advisories/42467
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
- secunia.com35065http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- lists.balabit.com[syslog-ng-announce] 20110110 syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0.6a has been releasedhttps://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10198https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10198
- secunia.com36533http://secunia.com/advisories/36533
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-04-08-1
- secunia.com34411http://secunia.com/advisories/34411
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2009-008ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-008.txt.asc
- www.securityfocus.com20101207 VMSA-2010-0019 VMware ESX third party updates for Service Consolehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com34509http://secunia.com/advisories/34509
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssl-asn1-stringprintex-dos(49431)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49431
- secunia.com35181http://secunia.com/advisories/35181
- sunsolve.sun.com258048http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258048-1
- secunia.com38834http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:010http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6996https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6996
- lists.balabit.com[syslog-ng-announce] 20110110 syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.2.1a has been releasedhttps://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3126http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126
- voodoo-circle.sourceforge.nethttp://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20090326-01.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1220http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1220
- www.openssl.orghttp://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1548http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1548
- secunia.com36701http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-172.htm
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html
- marc.infoHPSBMA02447http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
- kb.bluecoat.comhttps://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
- secunia.com34460http://secunia.com/advisories/34460
- www.securityfocus.com34256http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34256
- secunia.com42733http://secunia.com/advisories/42733
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0528http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.8g-16
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.8g-16
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.8g-16
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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