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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-2937 · published 28 September 2006

CVE-2006-2937: Openssl vulnerability

OOpenssl · Openssl

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via malformed ASN.1 structures that trigger an improperly handled error condition.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 11% · top 4.3% CWE-399 · CWE-399
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
272References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via malformed ASN.1 structures that trigger an improperly handled error condition.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-007.txt.asc
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01118771
http://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-613
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00805100
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00849540
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-11.txt Patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-September/049715.html Patch
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=116253119512445&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2
http://openbsd.org/errata.html#openssl2 Patch
http://openvpn.net/changelog.html Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22094 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22116 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22130 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22165 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22166 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22172 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22186 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22193 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22207 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22212 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22216 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22220 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22240 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22259 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22260 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22284 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22298
http://secunia.com/advisories/22330 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22385 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22460 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22487 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22544 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22626 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22671 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22758

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-2937), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.