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OpenSSL -- Remote Data Injection / DoS

Affected packages
1.0.1	<=	openssl	<	1.0.1_11
1.0.1	<=	mingw32-openssl	<=	1.0.1g
10.0	<=	FreeBSD	<	10.0_2

Details

VuXML ID	0b8d7194-ca88-11e3-9d8d-c80aa9043978
Discovery	2010-02-09
Entry	2014-04-23
Modified	2016-08-09

Applications that use SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS, such as nginx, are prone to a race condition which may allow a remote attacker to inject random data into other connections.

References

CVE Name	CVE-2010-5298
FreeBSD Advisory	SA-14:09.openssl
URL	http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/analysis-of-openssl-freelist-reuse
URL	https://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2167