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CVE-2009-1377

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-05-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The dtls1_buffer_record function in ssl/d1_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8k and earlier 0.9.8 versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large series of "future epoch" DTLS records that are buffered in a queue, aka "DTLS record buffer limitation bug."

Affected Platforms

Openssl Openssl

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References