Memory Leak Affecting openssl-perl package, versions <1:1.0.1e-34.el7_0.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
90.69% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENSSLPERL-4513688
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Jan 2015

Introduced: 8 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-0206  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 openssl-perl to version 1:1.0.1e-34.el7_0.7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0066.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-perl package and not the openssl-perl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Memory leak in the dtls1_buffer_record function in d1_pkt.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many duplicate records for the next epoch, leading to failure of replay detection.

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