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OpenSSL ASN.1 Large Recursion Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A problem has been identified in OpenSSL when handling specific types of ASN.1 requests. This may result in remote attackers creating a denial of service condition.

This issue is also known to affect numerous Cisco products. It is possible that other vendors will also be acknowledging this issue and providing fixes.