CVE-2008-1678
N/A
Published: July 10, 2008 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSL
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31026
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049
References (32)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=121060672602371&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31026Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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