UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5268

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UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5268

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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5268, https://projects.duckcorp.org/issues/261, https://projects.duckcorp.org/versions/13, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/02/9, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/122278.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/122274.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/121868.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5268