CVE-2002-1568

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    CVE-2002-1568

    Published: 17 Nov 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: OpenSSL 0.9.6e uses assertions when detecting buffer overflow attacks instead of less severe mechanisms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain messages that cause OpenSSL to abort from a failed assertion, as demonstrated using SSLv2 CLIENT_MASTER_KEY messages, which are not properly handled in s2_srvr.c.

    References: http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=7659, http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=7659, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106511018214983, http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031002.txt

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High