CVE-2009-1379

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.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-792-1
• OpenSSL vulnerabilities
• 25 June 2009

Other references

• http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/cve-2009-1379-dtls-fragment-read-after-free/
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1379