CVE-2009-1378

Public Exploit

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."

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.76% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory openssl.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1931&user=guest&pass=guest third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42724 third party advisory not applicable
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7229 broken link signature vdb entry tool signature
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 third party advisory not applicable
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8720 third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1377 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11309 broken link signature vdb entry tool signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/35729 third party advisory not applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-01.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=18188 patch vendor advisory broken link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38761 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/37003 third party advisory not applicable
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=124263491424212&w=2 mailing list third party advisory exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/36533 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022241 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-792-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20091012-01.html third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/1 third party advisory mailing list
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1378 third party advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-009.txt.asc vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35001 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:120 vendor advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35461 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35128 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35571 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 third party advisory not applicable
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4AD43807.7080105%40users.sourceforge.net broken link
https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50 broken link
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=124247679213944&w=2 patch mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42733 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1378?
CVE-2009-1378 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1378?
To fix CVE-2009-1378, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1378 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1378 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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