Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-1678 First vendor Publication 2008-07-10
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1678

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9754
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9754
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-1678
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
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Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for httpd CESA-2009:1075 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1075_httpd_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2008-007
File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2008-007.nasl
2010-01-22 Name : Mandriva Update for openssl MDVSA-2010:022 (openssl)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_022.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:323 (apache)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_323.nasl
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-07-15 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:124-1 (apache)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_124_1.nasl
2009-06-05 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1075
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1075.nasl
2009-06-05 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:124 (apache)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_124.nasl
2009-06-05 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1075 (httpd)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1075.nasl
2009-03-13 Name : Ubuntu USN-731-1 (apache2)
File : nvt/ubuntu_731_1.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for httpd FEDORA-2008-6393
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_6393_httpd_fc9.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-06 (apache)
File : nvt/glsa_200807_06.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2010-060-02 openssl
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2010_060_02.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
47810 OpenSSL libssl crypto/comp/c_zlib.c zlib_stateful_init Function Memory Exhaus...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1075.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090527_httpd_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-11 Name : The remote web server has multiple SSL-related vulnerabilities.
File : openssl_0_9_8m.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-02 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2010-060-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-21 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-022.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1075.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-08 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-323.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_apache2-080925.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-01 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-124.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-05-28 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1075.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-731-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-05 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_apache2-5648.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-10 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2008-007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-08 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-6393.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200807-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222643
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=121060672602371&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31026
http://secunia.com/advisories/31416
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
http://secunia.com/advisories/35264
http://secunia.com/advisories/38761
http://secunia.com/advisories/42724
http://secunia.com/advisories/42733
http://secunia.com/advisories/44183
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3981
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=654119
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:124
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1075.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31692
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/186339
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/224945
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447268
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43948
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44975
https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00055....
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