CVE-2002-0656

N/A Unknown

Published: August 12, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflows in OpenSSL 0.9.6d and earlier, and 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large client master key in SSL2 or (2) a large session ID in SSL3.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-033.0.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-033.1.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:33.openssl.asc

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000513

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-23.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9714.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9716.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102795

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/258555

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-046.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5362

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5363

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-033.0.txt