CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-4343

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 28, 2006 | Modified: Oct 17, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7 (including) 0.9.7 (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7a (including) 0.9.7a (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7b (including) 0.9.7b (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7c (including) 0.9.7c (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7d (including) 0.9.7d (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7e (including) 0.9.7e (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7f (including) 0.9.7f (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7g (including) 0.9.7g (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7h (including) 0.9.7h (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7i (including) 0.9.7i (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7j (including) 0.9.7j (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.7k (including) 0.9.7k (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.8 (including) 0.9.8 (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.8a (including) 0.9.8a (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.8b (including) 0.9.8b (including)
Openssl Openssl 0.9.8c (including) 0.9.8c (including)

Potential Mitigations

References