OpenSSL ASN.1 error denial of service
| openssl-asn1-error-dos (29228) |  Low Risk |
Description:
OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper handling of an ASN.1 error condition. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an invalid ASN.1 request to cause an infinite loop condition that would consume all available memory resources.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply Apple Security Update 2006-007, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
Upgrade to the latest version of OpenSSL (0.9.7l or 0.9.8d or later), as listed in OpenSSL Security Advisory [28th September 2006]. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-353-1 for patch, upgrade, or workaround information. See References.
For FreeBSD:
Refer to FreeBSD-SA-06:23.openssl for patch, upgrade, or workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1185-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0695-12 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Kolab Server:
Refer to Kolab Security Issue 11 20061002 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Mandriva Linux:
Refer to MDKSA-2006:172-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For OpenVPN:
Refer to OpenVPNT 2.0.x Change Log for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200610-11 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux AMD64 x86:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200612-11 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Cisco:
Refer to cisco-sr-20061108-openssl for upgrade information. See References.
For F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange and F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper:
Refer to F-Secure Security Bulletin FSC-2006-6 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For VMware Workstation:
Upgrade to the latest version of VMware Workstation (6.0.3 or later), available from the VMware Workstation Web site. See References.
For VMware Server:
Upgrade to the latest version of VMware Server (1.0.5 or later), available from the VMware Server Web site. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE-SA:2006:058 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For HP Tru64 UNIX (OpenSSL):
Refer to HPSBTU02207 SSRT061239 rev.2 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For HP System Management Homepage:
Refer to HPSBMA02250 SSRT061275 rev.1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Xerox:
Refer to XEROX SECURITY BULLETIN XRX07-001 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- Apple Security Update 2006-007: About the security content of Security Update 2006-007.
- Attachmate Technical Note 2374: Reflection for Secure IT UNIX Client and Server 7.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1): Fixes and Features.
- cisco-sr-20061108-openssl: Cisco Security Response: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Library.
- FreeBSD-SA-06:23.openssl : Multiple problems in crypto(3).
- FSC-2006-6: OpenSSL denial of service vulnerability in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange and F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Jan 08 2007 - 20:17:36 CST: VMware ESX server security updates.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Sep 28 2006 - 07:44:23 CDT: [SECURITY] OpenSSL 0.9.8d and 0.9.7l released.
- HPSBMA02250 SSRT061275 rev.1 : HP System Management Homepage (SMH) for Linux and Windows, Remote Execution of Arbitrary Code and Denial of Service (DoS).
- HPSBTU02207 SSRT061239 rev.2 : HP Tru64 UNIX OpenSSL and BIND Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or Denial of Service (DoS).
- IBM Systems Support Web site: Support for HMC.
- Kolab Security Issue 11 20061002: openssl.
- OpenSSL Security Advisory [28th September 2006]: New OpenSSL releases are now available to correct four security issues..
- OpenSSL Web site: OpenSSL:The Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS.
- OpenVPN Web site: OpenVPNT 2.0.x Change Log.
- Sun Alert ID: 102747: Security Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) to Applications.
- VMware Server Web site: Key Features in VMware Server, What's New in Version 1.0.5.
- Vmware Workstation Web site: VMware Workstation 6.0 Release Notes, New in Version 6.0.3.
- Xerox Web Site: XEROX SECURITY BULLETIN XRX07-001.
- ASA-2006-220: openssl security update (RHSA-2006-0695)
- ASA-2006-260: HP-UX OpenSSL Denial of Service (DoS) Increase Privilege (HPSBUX02174)
- ASA-2007-013: Security Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) to Applications (Sun 102747)
- BID-20248: OpenSSL ASN.1 Structures Denial of Service Vulnerability
- BID-28276: VMware Server 1.0.5 and Workstation 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- BID-30723: Attachmate Reflection for Secure IT Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
- 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.
- DSA-1185: openssl -- denial of service
- GLSA-200610-11: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200612-11: AMD64 x86 emulation base libraries: OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:172: Updated openssl packages fix vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:172-1: Updated openssl packages fix vulnerabilities
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.021: OpenSSL
- OSVDB ID: 29260: OpenSSL Malformed ASN.1 Structure Resource Consumption DoS
- RHSA-2006-0695: openssl security update
- RHSA-2008-0264: Moderate: Red Hat Network Satellite Server Solaris client security update
- RHSA-2008-0525: Moderate: Red Hat Network Satellite Server Solaris client security update
- RHSA-2008-0629: Moderate: Red Hat Network Satellite Server Solaris client security update
- SA22094: FileZilla / FileZilla Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA22130: OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA22216: Kolab Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA22284: Serv-U FTP Server OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA22385: Avaya Products OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA22460: Sun Grid Engine Multiple OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
- SA22626: SnapGear Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA22671: BIND OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
- SA22758: Cisco Products OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
- SA22772: cwRsync OpenSSL Vulnerabilities and OpenSSH Weakness
- SA22799: Cisco Products OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
- SA23038: IBM HMC OpenSSH / OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
- SA23131: F-Secure Products OpenSSL ASN.1 Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- SA23155: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA23340: Avaya PDS HP-UX Secure Shell / OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA23351: Solaris OpenSSL Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- SA23680: VMWare ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA24930: HP Tru64 UNIX Multiple SSL and BIND Vulnerabilities
- SA24950: HP Insight Management Agents SSL Vulnerabilities
- SA25889: Xerox ESS/ Network Controller OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
- SA26329: HP System Management Homepage Apache and OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
- SA29412: VMware Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA31531: Reflection for Secure IT Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016943: OpenSSL ASN.1 Bugs, SSL_get_shared_ciphers() Buffer Overflow, and SSLv2 Client Error Lets Remote Users Denial of Service or Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2006:058: openssl security problems
- SUSE-SR:2006:024: SUSE Security Summary Report
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8
- Attachmate Reflection for Secure IT 7.0 SP1
- Canonical Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Cisco Access Registrar
- Cisco Application and Content Networking Software
- Cisco Application Control Engine Module 1.1
- Cisco CallManager Express
- Cisco CiscoWorks Common Management Foundation
- Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services
- Cisco Content Services Switch 11500 7.50
- Cisco Content Services Switch 11500 8.10
- Cisco CS-MARS 4.2.2
- Cisco GSS 4480 Global Site Selector
- Cisco GSS 4490 Global Site Selector
- Cisco GSS 4491 Global Site Selector
- Cisco GSS 4492 Global Site Selector
- Cisco IDS
- Cisco MDS 9500
- Cisco ONS 15454
- Cisco Secure Access Control Server
- Cisco Security Agent 5.1
- Cisco SIP Proxy Server
- Cisco Unified CallManager 4.1
- Cisco Unified Presence Server
- Cisco Wide Area Application Services
- Cisco Wide Area File Services Software
- Cisco Wireless LAN Controller 4.0
- Compaq Insight Management Agents 3.5.2
- Compaq Tru64 5.1b3
- Compaq Tru64 5.1b4
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.40
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.60
- F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.40
- F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.41
- F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.42
- F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.50
- F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.60
- FreeBSD FreeBSD
- Gentoo Linux
- HP System Management Homepage 2.1
- HP System Management Homepage 2.1.1
- HP System Management Homepage 2.1.2
- HP System Management Homepage 2.1.3
- HP System Management Homepage 2.1.4
- HP System Management Homepage 2.1.5
- HP System Management Homepage 2.1.6
- Kolab Kolab Server 2.0.4
- Kolab Kolab Server 2.1 beta 2
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
- Novell Linux Desktop 9
- Novell Linux POS 9
- Novell Open Enterprise Server
- Novell Open Enterprise Server
- Novell UnitedLinux 1.0
- OpenPKG OpenPKG 2-STABLE
- OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.5
- OpenPKG OpenPKG CURRENT
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7 Beta6
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7 Beta1
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7 Beta2
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7 Beta4
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7 Beta3
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7 Beta5
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7a
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7b
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7c
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7d
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7e
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7f
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7g
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7h
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7i
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7j
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.7k
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.8
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.8a
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.8b
- OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.8c
- OpenVPN OpenVPN 2.0.9
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux AS
- RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- RedHat Network Satellite Server 4.2
- RedHat Network Satellite Server 5.0
- RedHat Network Satellite Server 5.1
- Slackware Slackware Linux 10.0
- Slackware Slackware Linux 9.0
- Slackware Slackware Linux 9.1
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
- SUSE SuSE Linux 10.0
- SUSE SuSE Linux 10.1
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.2
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
- SuSE SuSE Linux OpenExchange Server 4
- SuSE SuSE Linux Retail Solution 8
- SuSE SuSE Linux School Server
- SuSE SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
- SuSE SuSE SLED 10
- SuSE SuSE SLES 10
- SuSE SuSE SLES 9
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Desktop
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Server
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 7 Server
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 8 Server
- Turbolinux Turbolinux FUJI
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Home
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Multimedia
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Personal
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Ed
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Ed
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0
- VMware Server 1.0
- VMware Server 1.0.1
- VMware Server 1.0.2
- VMware Server 1.0.3
- VMware Server 1.0.4
- VMware Workstation 6.0
- VMware Workstation 6.0.1
- VMware Workstation 6.0.2
- Xerox WorkCentre 7655
- Xerox WorkCentre 7665
- Xerox WorkCentre 232
- Xerox WorkCentre 238
- Xerox WorkCentre 245
- Xerox WorkCentre 255
- Xerox WorkCentre 265
- Xerox WorkCentre 275
Reported:
Sep 28, 2006
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