| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DTSA-131-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| apache2 (PTS) | buster | 2.4.38-3+deb10u8 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.4.38-3+deb10u10 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.4.56-1~deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.4.59-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.4.57-2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.4.59-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.4.58-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2.4.59-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| apache2 | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| apache2 | source | lenny | 2.2.8-4~lenny1 | | DTSA-131-1 | |
| apache2 | source | (unstable) | 2.2.8-4 | | | |
Notes
[etch] - apache2 <not-affected> (only a problem with openssl 0.9.8f or later)
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44975