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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1678
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-1678

Description:
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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43948

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html

SREASON
  http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3981

SLACKWARE
  http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA34219
  Secunia Advisory: SA35264
  Secunia Advisory: SA38761
  Secunia Advisory: SA42724
  Secunia Advisory: SA42733
  Secunia Advisory: SA44183
  Secunia Advisory: SA31026
  Secunia Advisory: SA31416
  Secunia Advisory: SA32222

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1075.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9754

MLIST
  http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=121060672602371&w=2

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:124

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml

FEDORA

CONFIRM
  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
  http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=654119
  http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222643

BID
  31692
  31681

APPLE
  http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html


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