Skip to content
Heist/ feed
Back to feed
UnratedFix available

openssl — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544

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.

Products
openssl
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.9.7c
CVEs
CVE-2003-0544
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Nov 2003, 05:00 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544

openssl

Fixed versions: 0.9.7c

openssl

Fixed versions: 0.9.7c

openssl

Fixed versions: 0.9.7c

Complete source record
{
  "id": "1b006cb921cd8087e7bdddade3833ff3de19db12b6693a009fee963e201e49f4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "openssl",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.9.7c",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "openssl",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.9.7c",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "openssl",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.9.7c",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.9.7c"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openssl",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.9.7c"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openssl",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.9.7c"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openssl",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0544.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:25.739578760Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2003-0544"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0544"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2003-0544",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410510,
  "published_at": "2003-11-17T05:00:00+00:00"
}