CVE-2009-1378

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1378
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-19 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-401 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Slackware update for openssl - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-009.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cvs.openssl.org/chngview af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.openssl.org Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
VooDoo cIRCle OpenSSL DTLS Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for openssl - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Two OpenSSL DTLS remote DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
'[openssl.org #1931] [PATCH] DTLS fragment handling memory leak' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
VMware vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link, Tool Signature
kb.bluecoat.com/index af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.bluecoat.com Broken Link
OpenSSL DTLS Packets Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
NetBSD update for openssl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
OpenSSL DTLS Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for openssl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
VooDoo cIRCle security advisory 20091012-01 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net Third Party Advisory
CVE-2009-1378 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
'Re: [openssl.org #1931] [PATCH] DTLS fragment handling memory leak' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
HPSBMA02492 SSRT100079 rev.1 - HP System Management Homepage (SMH) for Linux and Windows, Remote Cross Site Scripting (XSS), Denial of Service (DoS), Execution of Arbitrary Code, Unauthorized Access - c02029444 - HP Business Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
USN-792-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[Security-announce] VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:120 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Not Applicable
VMware ESX Server 4 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
#1931: [PATCH] DTLS fragment handling memory leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rt.openssl.org Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
OpenSSL <= 0.9.8k, 1.0.0-beta2 DTLS Remote Memory Exhaustion DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link, Tool Signature
SecurityTracker.com Archives - OpenSSL DTLS Processing Bugs Let Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-09-02Tomas HogerThis issue did not affect versions of openssl as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This issue was addressed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 by http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html Note that both the DTLS specification and OpenSSLs implementation is still in development and unlikely to be used in production environments. There is no component shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 using OpenSSLs DTLS implementation, except for OpenSSLs testing command line client - openssl.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 390284 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) (OVMSA-2023-0013)
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