OpenSSL ASN.1 S/MIME Header Processing NULL pointer reference Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8g
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8 j
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8 I
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8 h
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8 f
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8 e
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8 d
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8 c
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8 B
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.8
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.7 m
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.7 l
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.7 k
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.7 j
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.7 I
OpenSSL Project OpenSSL
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 52181
Cve id: CVE-2006-7248

OpenSSL is an open-source SSL implementation that implements high-strength encryption for network communication. It is widely used in various network applications.

OpenSSL has a remote denial of service vulnerability when processing malformed S/MIME messages. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to crash applications that use the affected libraries.

<* Source: Mats Nilsson
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

OpenSSL Project
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://www.openssl.org/