CVE-2008-1678

Memory leak in the zlib_stateful_init function in crypto/comp/c_zlib.c in libssl in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via multiple calls, as demonstrated by initial SSL client handshakes to the Apache HTTP Server mod_ssl that specify a compression algorithm.

🔗 References (64)

• secalert@redhathttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222643
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
• secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=121060672602371&w=2
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/31026
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/31416
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32222
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/34219
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35264
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/38761
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/42724
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/42733
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/44183
• secalert@redhathttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml
• secalert@redhathttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3981