Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0081

Title: OpenSSL unknown message type infinite loop DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-0081.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 23, 2004
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.39%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0081: OpenSSL 0.9.6 before 0.9.6d does not properly handle unknown message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop), as demonstrated using the Codenomicon TLS Test Tool.

Impacted Vendors

N
neoteris 1
A
avaya 10
4
4d 1
S
stonesoft 6
S
sun 1
S
symantec 2
H
hpe 1
N
netiq 2
D
dell 1
N
novell 2
R
redhat 1
O
openssl 1
C
cisco 17
T
tarantella 1
S
sgi 1
B
bluecoat 1
S
securecomputing 1
L
lite 1
H
hp 3
C
checkpoint 3
V
vmware 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.10/SCOSA-2004.10.txt ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040304-01-U.asc http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000834 http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-095.shtml http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107955049331965&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108403850228012&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-119.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11139 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-03.xml http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57524 http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040317-openssl.shtml http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-465 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/465542 http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-4135.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-120.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-121.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-139.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9899 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0012 http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/224012/index.htm http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-078A.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15509 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11755 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A871 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A902 ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.10/SCOSA-2004.10.txt ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040304-01-U.asc http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000834 http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-095.shtml http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107955049331965&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108403850228012&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-119.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11139 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-03.xml http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57524 http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040317-openssl.shtml http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-465 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/465542 http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-4135.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-120.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-121.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-139.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9899 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0012 http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/224012/index.htm http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-078A.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15509 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11755 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A871 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A902
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-0081 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.