OpenSSL Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability - CVE-2009-1377 - Vulnerability Database

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OpenSSL Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability - CVE-2009-1377

Medium

Reference: CVE-2009-1377

NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1377

Title: OpenSSL Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability

Overview:

The dtls1_buffer_record function in ssl/d1_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8k and earlier 0.9.8 versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large series of quotfuture epochquot DTLS records that are buffered in a queue aka quotDTLS record buffer limitation bug.quot