CVE-2002-0659

N/A Unknown

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

Description

The ASN1 library in OpenSSL 0.9.6d and earlier, and 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via invalid encodings.

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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=000516

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-160.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-161.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-164.html

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/9718.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/748355

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5366

Source: cve@mitre.org

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