CVE-2009-1377
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 11.3%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 11.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1375)
- Published
- May 19, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1375 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openssl / openssl
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-009.txt.asc(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=18187(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=124247675613888&w=2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1930&user=guest&pass=guest(Broken Link, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35128(Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35461(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35571(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35729(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36533(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37003(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38761(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42724(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42733(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-01.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.663049(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4AD43807.7080105%40users.sourceforge.net(Broken Link)
- http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20091012-01.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:120(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/1(Mailing List)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35001(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022241(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-792-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1377(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50(Broken Link)
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1377(Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6683(Tool Signature)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9663(Tool Signature)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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