Bug 1203232 (CVE-2009-5146) - CVE-2009-5146 openssl: memory leak in hostname TLS extension
Summary: CVE-2009-5146 openssl: memory leak in hostname TLS extension
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2009-5146
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2015-03-18 12:34 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2021-02-17 05:31 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: openssl 0.9.8k
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-03-18 12:35:17 UTC
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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.
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