CVE-2011-5268

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    CVE-2011-5268

    Published: 24 Dec 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: connection.c in Bip before 0.8.9 does not properly close sockets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and crash) via multiple failed SSL handshakes, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4550. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2013-4550 because it is a different type of issue.

    References: https://projects.duckcorp.org/issues/261, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/121868.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/122274.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/122278.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/02/9, https://projects.duckcorp.org/versions/13

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High