CVE-2011-1468

Publication date 19 March 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Multiple memory leaks in the OpenSSL extension in PHP before 5.3.6 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via (1) plaintext data to the openssl_encrypt function or (2) ciphertext data to the openssl_decrypt function.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 11.04 natty
Fixed 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.4
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.8
9.10 karmic
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

openssl_{en,de}crypt are not available in php 5.2.x. There are possibly other memory leaks in php 5.2.x openssl code.

References

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