CVE-2009-1378
MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctlDescription
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 v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=18188
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=124247679213944&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=124263491424212&w=2
- http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1931&user=guest&pass=guest
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35128
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35461
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36533
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37003
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38761
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42724
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42733
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-01.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4AD43807.7080105%40users.sourceforge.net
- http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20091012-01.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:120
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35001
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022241
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-792-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1377
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1378
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11309
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7229
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8720
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