| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: openssl
CVE-2006-2937 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.
CVE-2006-2940 OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l, 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d, and earlier versions
allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via
parasitic public keys with large (1) 'public exponent' or (2) 'public
modulus' values in X.509 certificates that require extra time to
process when using RSA signature verification.
CVE-2006-3738 Buffer overflow in the SSL_get_shared_ciphers function in OpenSSL
0.9.7 before 0.9.7l, 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d, and earlier versions has
unspecified impact and remote attack vectors involving a long list of
ciphers.
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 unknown
vectors that trigger a null pointer dereference.
Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.
CVSS Score:
10.0
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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