Bug 1203232 (CVE-2009-5146)

Summary: CVE-2009-5146 openssl: memory leak in hostname TLS extension
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Fixed In Version: openssl 0.9.8k Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Martin Prpič 2015-03-18 12:34:07 UTC
A memory leak flaw was fix in the hostname TLS extension:

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/7587347bc48e7e8a1e800e48bb0a658f1557c424

This flaw was introduced with the backport of the TLS extension code first introduced in version 0.9.8k of openssl.

Additional information:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/856

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-03-18 12:34:52 UTC
Statement:

This issue did not affect any versions of OpenSSL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.