CVE-2008-1672 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2008-1672?

CVE-2008-1672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1672?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Openssl Openssl.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1672?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-1672 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1672, GHSA-322g-pxmj-97cc.