CVE-2009-1378

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 19 May 2009, 19:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 05:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
33/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
13.25% MEDIUM
13% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 May 2009, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 05:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 13.25%• Percentile: 94%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    6.06 | 8.04 | 8.10 | 9.04

  • Unknown•OpenSSL

    > 0.9.8, < 0.9.8m

References (37)