# CVE-2010-5298: Race condition in n/a

> 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2014
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2010-5298, GHSA-m249-hh62-97m2, MGASA-2014-0187, UBUNTU-CVE-2010-5298

## 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 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5298?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Mariadb Mariadb, Openssl Openssl, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit, Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension.

## 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-5298 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5298/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5298/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-5298
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5298
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-5298

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.