MEDIUM
openssl: Omit Server Key Exchange message crash
Published May 29, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.00%
Description
OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a TLS handshake that omits the Server Key Exchange message and uses "particular cipher suites," which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenSSL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.00% 0.05000
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05000
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.00% (0.05000) | 91.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.00% (0.05000) | 91.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 18.97% (0.18966) | 95.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 21.26% (0.21264) | 95.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 30.58% (0.30577) | 94.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 21.26% (0.21264) | 95.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 13.63% (0.13630) | 95.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 12.38% (0.12382) | 95.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.92% (0.04923) | 93.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 26, 2023 | 4.71% (0.04713) | 91.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.38% (0.04381) | 91.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.84% (0.06841) | 92.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.84% (0.06841) | 91.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.84% (0.06841) | 79.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (27)
- http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30405 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30460 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30825 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30868 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31228 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31288 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREThird Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1672 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448495 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1672
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1672
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30405 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30460 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30825 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30868 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31228 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31288 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREThird Party Advisory | |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606 | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1672 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448495 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1672 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1672 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 29, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 3, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1672
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a