OpenSSL 0.9.6e uses assertions when detecting buffer overflow attacks instead of less severe mechanisms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain messages that cause OpenSSL to abort from a failed assertion, as demonstrated using SSLv2 CLIENT_MASTER_KEY messages, which are not properly handled in s2_srvr.c.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2003-10-08T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:29.118Z
Reserved: 2003-10-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2002-1568
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2003-11-17T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2002-1568
 Redhat
                        Redhat