CVE-2009-4355
mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.092 · 95 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Memory leak in the zlib_stateful_finish function in crypto/comp/c_zlib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8l and earlier and 1.0.0 Beta through Beta 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors that trigger incorrect calls to the CRYPTO_cleanup_all_ex_data function, as demonstrated by use of SSLv3 and PHP with the Apache HTTP Server, a related issue to CVE-2008-1678.
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affected products (53)
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references (60)
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- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=19068enisa_euvd
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=19069enisa_euvd
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=19167enisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039561.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38175enisa_euvd
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