CVE-2007-5135

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    CVE-2007-5135

    Published: 27 Sept 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the SSL_get_shared_ciphers function in OpenSSL 0.9.7 up to 0.9.7l, and 0.9.8 up to 0.9.8f, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet that triggers a one-byte buffer underflow. NOTE: this issue was introduced as a result of a fix for CVE-2006-3738. As of 20071012, it is unknown whether code execution is possible.

    References: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-007.txt.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/22130, http://secunia.com/advisories/27012, http://secunia.com/advisories/27021, http://secunia.com/advisories/27031, http://secunia.com/advisories/27051, http://secunia.com/advisories/27078, http://secunia.com/advisories/27097, http://secunia.com/advisories/27186, http://secunia.com/advisories/27205, http://secunia.com/advisories/27217, http://secunia.com/advisories/27229, http://secunia.com/advisories/27330, http://secunia.com/advisories/27394, http://secunia.com/advisories/27851, http://secunia.com/advisories/27870, http://secunia.com/advisories/27961, http://secunia.com/advisories/28368, http://secunia.com/advisories/29242, http://secunia.com/advisories/30124, http://secunia.com/advisories/30161, http://secunia.com/advisories/31308, http://secunia.com/advisories/31326, http://secunia.com/advisories/31467, http://secunia.com/advisories/31489, http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:08.openssl.asc, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-06.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1379, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:193, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0813.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0964.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1003.html, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0013.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3325, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3625, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4042, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4144, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2361, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2362, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00218.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html, http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3179, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103130-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200858-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-485.htm, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0241, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml, http://www.openbsd.org/errata40.html, http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html, http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html, http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20071012.txt, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480855/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481217/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481488/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481506/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484353/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25831, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018755, http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4037, http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4038, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194039, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36837, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1769, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1770, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10904, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5337, https://usn.ubuntu.com/522-1/

    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