Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21795
Revision Date:2014-02-24Version:35
Title:RHSA-2010:0054: openssl security update (Moderate)
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.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CESA-2010:0054
CVE-2009-2409
CVE-2009-4355
RHSA-2010:0054-01
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s):openssl
Definition Synopsis
  • Redhat 5 or Centos 5 release
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  • AND Packages section
  • openssl is earlier than 0:0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1
  • OR openssl-perl is earlier than 0:0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1
  • OR openssl-devel is earlier than 0:0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1
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