CVE-2009-1378
Multiple memory leaks in the dtls1_process_out_of_seq_message function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8k and earlier 0.9.8 versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DTLS records that (1) are duplicates or (2)…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Multiple memory leaks in the dtls1_process_out_of_seq_message function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8k and earlier 0.9.8 versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DTLS records that (1) are duplicates or (2) have sequence numbers much greater than current sequence numbers, aka "DTLS fragment handling memory leak."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 12.75% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- openssl/openssl · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-009.txt.ascBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=18188Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=124247679213944&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=124263491424212&w=2Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1931&user=guest&pass=guestBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35128Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35461Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35571Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35729Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36533Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37003Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38761Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42724Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42733Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-01.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4AD43807.7080105%40users.sourceforge.netBroken Link
- http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20091012-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:120Not Applicable
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35001Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022241Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-792-1Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.