CVE-2008-1678 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in OpenSSL's zlib compression handling during SSL handshakes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1678?
CVE-2008-1678 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 10 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the zlib_stateful_init function in crypto/comp/c_zlib.c in libssl in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via multiple calls, as demonstrated by initial SSL client handshakes to the Apache HTTP Server mod_ssl that specify a compression algorithm.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1678?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openssl Openssl.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1678?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-1678 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1678 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openssl Openssl
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1678, DTSA-131-1, GHSA-xwx3-pfr8-5rp4.