CVE-2008-1678

EPSS 9.0%

apache2 - denial of service (memory leak in mod_ssl)

Published: 7/10/2008Modified: 4/28/2026

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.

Affected packages (2)

References (1)