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CVE-2009-1379: openssl Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-1379
Published 19-05-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1379 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 18.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
18.24%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1RHSA-2009:1335

Timeline

  1. 19-05-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

18.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 18.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (rt.openssl.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedosmultipleVerified

    OpenSSL 0.9.8k/1.0.0-beta2 - DTLS Remote Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • openssl< 0.9.8k-1
Openssl1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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