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TI-2003-00512 Aliases CVE-2003-0544GHSA-4352-7f73-983c

OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 does not properly track the number of characters in certain ASN.1…

Priority LOW 33Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 does not properly track the number of characters in certain ASN.1 inputs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SSL client certificate that causes OpenSSL to read past the end of a buffer when the long form is used.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06922 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.6VulnerableOpenSSL
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.7VulnerableOpenSSL
  • cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.6 Vulnerable ·OpenSSL
  • cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.7 Vulnerable ·OpenSSL

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2003:290 Released 2003-09-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    mod_ssl, openssl security update for Stronghold
    • Red Hat Stronghold 4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2003:293
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2003:293
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2003:293
Red Hat Linux 7.1Fixed RHSA-2003:291
Red Hat Linux 7.2Fixed RHSA-2003:291
Red Hat Linux 7.3Fixed RHSA-2003:291
Red Hat Linux 8.0Fixed RHSA-2003:291
Red Hat Linux 9Fixed RHSA-2003:292
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2003:293
Red Hat Stronghold 4Fixed RHSA-2003:290

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0544
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4352-7f73-983c

References

Patch 2

Advisory 6

Other 5

  • TI-2022-01915 The c_rehash script allows command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-02645 SM2 Decryption Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-03392 The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-01176 The c_rehash script allows command injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-14107 Stack buffer overflow in CMS (Auth)EnvelopedData parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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