CVE-2006-2937: openssl Resource Management Errors

Modified

AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-2937

Published 28-09-2006Last modified 07-08-2024

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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-2937 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 11.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

7.8/10

010

High · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

11.04%

0%100%

Medium · +0.20 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 2

DSA-1185-2 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11126-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1 RHSA-2006:0695 RHSA-2008:0264 RHSA-2008:0525+1 more

Timeline

28-09-2006
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
07-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.07.8

EPSS trend

Probability

11.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.20 pp

From 10.84% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-399Resource Management ErrorsWeaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product

openssl< 0.9.8c-2

Openssl1 product

opensslEOL0.9.7 | 0.9.7a | 0.9.7b | 0.9.7c | 0.9.7d | 0.9.7e | 0.9.7f | 0.9.7g | 0.9.7h | 0.9.7i | 0.9.7j | 0.9.7k | 0.9.8 | 0.9.8a | 0.9.8b | 0.9.8c

2 vendors · 2 products

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