CVE-2011-5268

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-5268
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-24 19:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionconnection.c in Bip before 0.8.9 does not properly close sockets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and crash) via multiple failed SSL handshakes, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4550. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2013-4550 because it is a different type of issue.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.008600000 probability, percentile 0.751170000 (date 2026-04-30)

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.0 All All All
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.0 rc0 All All
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.0 rc1 All All
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.1 All All All
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.2 All All All
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.3 All All All
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.4 All All All
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.5 All All All
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.6 All All All
Application Duckcorp Bip 0.8.7 All All All
Application Duckcorp Bip All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: bip-0.8.9-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: bip-0.8.9-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug #261: Failed SSL handshake causes bip to write to a random socket, and never close the connection - Bip - DuckCorp Projects af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.duckcorp.org Patch
oss-security - Re: Duplicated CVE assignment for bip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: bip-0.8.9-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
0.8.9 - Bip - DuckCorp Projects af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.duckcorp.org
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