CVE-2003-0851 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenSSL versions 0.9.6k and earlier, impacting various Cisco products including IOS and PIX Firewalls. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to crash affected systems by sending malformed ASN.1 sequences, leading to excessive recursion. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a low-severity issue requiring no authentication, but only resulting in availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.1\(11\)eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.1\(11\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1\(11b\)eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.1\(11b\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2sxCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2sx:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2syCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2sy:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:css11000_content_services_switch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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