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Vulnerability details: VCID-6pm7-g4hj-aaap
Vulnerability ID VCID-6pm7-g4hj-aaap
Aliases CVE-2008-1678
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1075
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generic_textual MODERATE http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
generic_textual MODERATE http://secunia.com/advisories/44183
generic_textual MODERATE https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1678
generic_textual MODERATE http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
Reference id Reference type URL
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222643
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=121060672602371&w=2
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-1678.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1678
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/186339
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/224945
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447268
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1678
http://secunia.com/advisories/31026
http://secunia.com/advisories/31416
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
http://secunia.com/advisories/35264
http://secunia.com/advisories/38761
http://secunia.com/advisories/42724
http://secunia.com/advisories/42733
http://secunia.com/advisories/44183
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3981
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43948
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44975
https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9754
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=654119
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00055.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:124
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1075.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31692
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-1678 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1678
GLSA-200807-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200807-06
RHSA-2009:1075 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1075
USN-731-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/731-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1678
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.8557
EPSS Score 0.02866
Published At May 21, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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