CVE-2009-1379

Public Exploit

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the dtls1_retrieve_buffered_fragment function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (openssl s_client crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a DTLS packet, as demonstrated by a packet from a server that uses a crafted server certificate.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.50% 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
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42724 third party advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1379
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 third party advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1377 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/35729 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-01.xml vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38761 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37003 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36533 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022241 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-792-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9744 signature vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50661 vdb entry
http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20091012-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35138 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/4 mailing list
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-009.txt.asc vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35461 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35571 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6848 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 third party advisory
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4AD43807.7080105%40users.sourceforge.net
https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1923&user=guest&pass=guest exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/42733 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1379?
CVE-2009-1379 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1379?
To fix CVE-2009-1379, 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-2009-1379 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1379 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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