Denial of Service in OpenSSL ASN.1 Parsing
CVE-2003-0851
Currently unrated
Key Information:
- Vendor
Cisco
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 1 December 2003
What is CVE-2003-0851?
An issue in OpenSSL versions prior to 0.9.7 can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service condition. This occurs through the processing of malformed ASN.1 sequences, which can result in a crash due to excessive recursion during parsing. This vulnerability underscores the importance of proper input validation and the necessity of keeping security libraries up to date to mitigate risks.