CVE-2009-1379
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.182 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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exploits (1)
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- EDB-8720OpenSSL 0.9.8k/1.0.0-beta2 - DTLS Remote Memory Exhaustion Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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references (62)
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- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444enisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1923&user=guest&pass=guestenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35461enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35571enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35729enisa_euvd
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