cve/2008/CVE-2008-1678.md

CVE-2008-1678

Description

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.

POC

Reference

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3981
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9754

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/chnzzh/OpenSSL-CVE-lib