CVE-2004-0081
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 7.2%EU EUVD
OpenSSL 0.9.6 before 0.9.6d does not properly handle unknown message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop), as demonstrated using the Codenomicon TLS Test Tool.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 7.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2004-0081)
- Published
- November 23, 2004
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2004-0081 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- 4d / webstar
- 4d / webstar
- 4d / webstar
- 4d / webstar
- 4d / webstar
- 4d / webstar
- 4d / webstar
- 4d / webstar
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
- avaya / converged communications server
- avaya / intuity audix
- avaya / intuity audix
- avaya / intuity audix
- avaya / intuity audix
- avaya / s8300
- avaya / s8300
- avaya / s8500
- avaya / s8500
- avaya / s8700
- avaya / s8700
- avaya / sg200
- avaya / sg200
- avaya / sg203
- avaya / sg203
- avaya / sg208
- avaya / sg208
- avaya / sg5
- avaya / sg5
- avaya / sg5
- avaya / vsu
- avaya / vsu
- avaya / vsu
- avaya / vsu
- avaya / vsu
- avaya / vsu
- avaya / vsu
- avaya / vsu
- bluecoat / cacheos ca sa
- bluecoat / cacheos ca sa
- bluecoat / proxysg
- checkpoint / firewall-1
- checkpoint / firewall-1
- checkpoint / firewall-1
- checkpoint / firewall-1
- checkpoint / firewall-1
- checkpoint / provider-1
- checkpoint / provider-1
- checkpoint / provider-1
- checkpoint / provider-1
and 202 more…
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) Version 3.1.(3.17) for: Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switches and Cisco 7600 Series routers - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0027-2007 - archived
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.10/SCOSA-2004.10.txt
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040304-01-U.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000834
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-095.shtml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107955049331965&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108403850228012&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-119.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11139
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-03.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57524
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040317-openssl.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-465
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/465542(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-4135.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-120.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-121.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-139.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9899(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0012
- http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2004/224012/index.htm
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-078A.html(US Government Resource)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15509
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11755
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A871
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A902
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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