CVE-2011-5268
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CVE-2011-5268 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
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Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Duckcorp | Bip | <= 0.8.8 |
| Duckcorp | Bip | 0.8.0 |
| Duckcorp | Bip | 0.8.1 |
| Duckcorp | Bip | 0.8.2 |
| Duckcorp | Bip | 0.8.3 |
| Duckcorp | Bip | 0.8.4 |
| Duckcorp | Bip | 0.8.5 |
| Duckcorp | Bip | 0.8.6 |
| Duckcorp | Bip | 0.8.7 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 18 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 19 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 20 |
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