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HistoryAug 26, 2021 - 12:53 p.m.

openssl1.0 vulnerability

2021-08-2612:53:57
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osv.dev
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7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

72.1%

USN-5051-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenSSL. This update provides the
corresponding update for the openssl1.0 package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Ingo Schwarze discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain ASN.1
strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2021-3712)