4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-1672
OpenSSL TLS Server Key Exchange NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service
Description

OpenSSL 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a TLS handshake that omits the Server Key Exchange message and uses "particular cipher suites," which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

INFO

Published Date :

May 29, 2008, 4:32 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 2, 2022, 3:03 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-1672 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-1672 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Openssl openssl
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-1672.

URL Resource
http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30405 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30460 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30825 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30868 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31228 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31288 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004 Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606 Third Party Advisory
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-1672 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-1672 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html No Types Assigned http://cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30405 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/30405 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30460 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30460 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30825 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30825 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30852 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30868 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30868 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31228 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31228 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31288 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31288 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004 No Types Assigned http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.562004 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606 No Types Assigned http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=615606 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400 No Types Assigned http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738400 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520586 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:107 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt No Types Assigned http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20080528.txt Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405 Patch http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29405 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020122 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-620-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1680 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1937/references Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-287
    Added CWE NIST CWE-476
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openssl_project:openssl:0.9.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl_project:openssl:0.9.8g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42667 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42667 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 30, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-1672 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-1672 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.92 }} -0.40%

score

0.93002

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability