DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1678

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1678

    Published: 10 Jul 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-1678

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1678

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apache2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/apache2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.8-4

    Affected versions

    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