Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0891
CVE-2008-0891
Description
Double free vulnerability in OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g, when the TLS server name extensions are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Client Hello packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 0.9.8f, 0.9.8g
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/openssl-1_0_0&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/openssl-1_1&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.0.2u-6.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.2u-6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.1l-1.2
Patches
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References
22- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/30405nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/661475nvdUS Government Resource
- cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30460nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30825nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30852nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30868nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31228nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31288nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xmlnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.phpnvd
- support.nortel.com/go/main.jspnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txtnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/referencesnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42666nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.htmlnvd
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