CVE-2009-1379

Publication date 19 May 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openssl 9.04 jaunty
Fixed 0.9.8g-15ubuntu3.2
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 0.9.8g-10.1ubuntu2.4
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.7
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.9

Notes

mdeslaur

PoC: http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=124202891602690&w=2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

Other references