Resource Exhaustion Affecting openssl package, versions *

Q: How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 openssl .

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Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-OPENSSL-9883763
published28 Apr 2025
disclosed27 Mar 2018

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Introduced: 27 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-0739 (opens in a new tab) CWE-400 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 openssl.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Constructed ASN.1 types with a recursive definition (such as can be found in PKCS7) could eventually exceed the stack given malicious input with excessive recursion. This could result in a Denial Of Service attack. There are no such structures used within SSL/TLS that come from untrusted sources so this is considered safe. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0h (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0g). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2o (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2n).