CVE-2010-5298 Race condition in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can inject data across sessions or cause denial of service via a race condition in OpenSSL when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2010-5298?

CVE-2010-5298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 14 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the ssl3_read_bytes function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject data across sessions or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and parsing error) via an SSL connection in a multithreaded environment.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5298?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mariadb Mariadb, Openssl Openssl, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2010-5298?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-5298 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5298 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-5298, GHSA-m249-hh62-97m2, MGASA-2014-0187, UBUNTU-CVE-2010-5298.

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