| Name | CVE-2009-4355 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1970-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openssl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.0.1t-1+deb8u21 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1.1.0l-1~deb9u6 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.1.0l-1~deb9u9 | fixed |
| buster | 1.1.1n-0+deb10u3 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.1.1n-0+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.1.1w-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.1.1n-0+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 3.0.11-1~deb12u2 | fixed |
| trixie | 3.1.5-1 | fixed |
| sid | 3.2.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| openssl | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| openssl | source | lenny | 0.9.8g-15+lenny6 | | DSA-1970-1 | |
| openssl | source | (unstable) | 0.9.8k-8 | low | | |
Notes
[etch] - openssl <not-affected> (affects only 0.9.8f and later)
apache2 packages in squeeze/sid do not seem to allow exploit