CVE-2008-7129

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Published Aug 31, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

XySSL before 0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an X.509 certificate that does not pass the RSA signature check during verification.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xyssl:xyssl:0.7:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-7088	XySSL before 0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an X.509 certificate that does not pass the RSA signature check during verification.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.878% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/49101
http://polarssl.org/?archive#001c
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0917
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41255

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Xyssl Xyssl

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:56 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 31, 2009, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:56 AM
Reserved: Aug 31, 2009, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 31, 2009, 10:30 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM

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