static int get_client_hello(SSL *s)
{
    int i, n;
    unsigned long len;
    unsigned char *p;
    STACK_OF(SSL_CIPHER) *cs;   /* a stack of SSL_CIPHERS */
    STACK_OF(SSL_CIPHER) *cl;   /* the ones we want to use */
    STACK_OF(SSL_CIPHER) *prio, *allow;
    int z;

    /*
     * This is a bit of a hack to check for the correct packet type the first
     * time round.
     */
    if (s->state == SSL2_ST_GET_CLIENT_HELLO_A) {
        s->first_packet = 1;
        s->state = SSL2_ST_GET_CLIENT_HELLO_B;
    }

    p = (unsigned char *)s->init_buf->data;
    if (s->state == SSL2_ST_GET_CLIENT_HELLO_B) {
        i = ssl2_read(s, (char *)&(p[s->init_num]), 9 - s->init_num);
        if (i < (9 - s->init_num))
            return (ssl2_part_read(s, SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, i));
        s->init_num = 9;

        if (*(p++) != SSL2_MT_CLIENT_HELLO) {
            if (p[-1] != SSL2_MT_ERROR) {
                ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
                SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, SSL_R_READ_WRONG_PACKET_TYPE);
            } else
                SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, SSL_R_PEER_ERROR);
            return (-1);
        }
        n2s(p, i);
        if (i < s->version)
            s->version = i;
        n2s(p, i);
        s->s2->tmp.cipher_spec_length = i;
        n2s(p, i);
        s->s2->tmp.session_id_length = i;
        if ((i < 0) || (i > SSL_MAX_SSL_SESSION_ID_LENGTH)) {
            ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
            SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, SSL_R_LENGTH_MISMATCH);
            return -1;
        }
        n2s(p, i);
        s->s2->challenge_length = i;
        if ((i < SSL2_MIN_CHALLENGE_LENGTH) ||
            (i > SSL2_MAX_CHALLENGE_LENGTH)) {
            ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
            SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, SSL_R_INVALID_CHALLENGE_LENGTH);
            return (-1);
        }
        s->state = SSL2_ST_GET_CLIENT_HELLO_C;
    }

    /* SSL2_ST_GET_CLIENT_HELLO_C */
    p = (unsigned char *)s->init_buf->data;
    len =
        9 + (unsigned long)s->s2->tmp.cipher_spec_length +
        (unsigned long)s->s2->challenge_length +
        (unsigned long)s->s2->tmp.session_id_length;
    if (len > SSL2_MAX_RECORD_LENGTH_3_BYTE_HEADER) {
        ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
        SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, SSL_R_MESSAGE_TOO_LONG);
        return -1;
    }
    n = (int)len - s->init_num;
    i = ssl2_read(s, (char *)&(p[s->init_num]), n);
    if (i != n)
        return (ssl2_part_read(s, SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, i));
    if (s->msg_callback) {
        /* CLIENT-HELLO */
        s->msg_callback(0, s->version, 0, p, (size_t)len, s,
                        s->msg_callback_arg);
    }
    p += 9;

    /*
     * get session-id before cipher stuff so we can get out session structure
     * if it is cached
     */
    /* session-id */
    if ((s->s2->tmp.session_id_length != 0) &&
        (s->s2->tmp.session_id_length != SSL2_SSL_SESSION_ID_LENGTH)) {
        ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
        SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, SSL_R_BAD_SSL_SESSION_ID_LENGTH);
        return (-1);
    }

    if (s->s2->tmp.session_id_length == 0) {
        if (!ssl_get_new_session(s, 1)) {
            ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
            return (-1);
        }
    } else {
        i = ssl_get_prev_session(s, &(p[s->s2->tmp.cipher_spec_length]),
                                 s->s2->tmp.session_id_length, NULL);
        if (i == 1) {           /* previous session */
            s->hit = 1;
        } else if (i == -1) {
            ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
            return (-1);
        } else {
            if (s->cert == NULL) {
                ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_NO_CERTIFICATE);
                SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, SSL_R_NO_CERTIFICATE_SET);
                return (-1);
            }

            if (!ssl_get_new_session(s, 1)) {
                ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
                return (-1);
            }
        }
    }

    if (!s->hit) {
        cs = ssl_bytes_to_cipher_list(s, p, s->s2->tmp.cipher_spec_length,
                                      &s->session->ciphers);
        if (cs == NULL)
            goto mem_err;

        cl = SSL_get_ciphers(s);

        if (s->options & SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE) {
            prio = sk_SSL_CIPHER_dup(cl);
            if (prio == NULL)
                goto mem_err;
            allow = cs;
        } else {
             prio = cs;
             allow = cl;
         }

        /* Generate list of SSLv2 ciphers shared between client and server */
         for (z = 0; z < sk_SSL_CIPHER_num(prio); z++) {
            const SSL_CIPHER *cp = sk_SSL_CIPHER_value(prio, z);
            if ((cp->algorithm_ssl & SSL_SSLV2) == 0 ||
                sk_SSL_CIPHER_find(allow, cp) < 0) {
                 (void)sk_SSL_CIPHER_delete(prio, z);
                 z--;
             }
        }
        /*
             sk_SSL_CIPHER_free(s->session->ciphers);
             s->session->ciphers = prio;
         }

        /* Make sure we have at least one cipher in common */
        if (sk_SSL_CIPHER_num(s->session->ciphers) == 0) {
            ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_NO_CIPHER);
            SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, SSL_R_NO_CIPHER_MATCH);
            return -1;
        }
         /*
          * s->session->ciphers should now have a list of ciphers that are on
          * both the client and server. This list is ordered by the order the
    if (s->s2->challenge_length > sizeof s->s2->challenge) {
        ssl2_return_error(s, SSL2_PE_UNDEFINED_ERROR);
        SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, ERR_R_INTERNAL_ERROR);
        return -1;
    }
    memcpy(s->s2->challenge, p, (unsigned int)s->s2->challenge_length);
    return (1);
 mem_err:
    SSLerr(SSL_F_GET_CLIENT_HELLO, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
    return (0);
}

This weakness pertains to the use of cryptographic functions that are weak, misconfigured, or outdated, which undermines the intended protection of encrypted data and communications.