| Name | CVE-2018-1000808 |
| Description | Python Cryptographic Authority pyopenssl version Before 17.5.0 contains a CWE - 401 : Failure to Release Memory Before Removing Last Reference vulnerability in PKCS #12 Store that can result in Denial of service if memory runs low or is exhausted. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends upon calling application, however it could be as simple as initiating a TLS connection. Anything that would cause the calling application to reload certificates from a PKCS #12 store.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 17.5.0. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pyopenssl (PTS) | bullseye | 20.0.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 23.0.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 24.3.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pyopenssl | source | (unstable) | 17.5.0-1 | low | | |
Notes
[stretch] - pyopenssl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - pyopenssl <no-dsa> (Minor issue, but also requires at least cryptography 2.1.4 which exposes the X509_up_ref method)
https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl/pull/723
https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl/commit/e73818600065821d588af475b024f4eb518c3509