LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability that allows malicious OCSP responders to exhaust memory by sending…
LibreSSL ocspcheck through 4.4.0 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability that allows malicious OCSP responders to exhaust memory by sending unbounded HTTP responses. Attackers controlling the responder or intercepting plain HTTP AIA OCSP traffic can stream endless headers or body data to http_head_read() and http_body_read(), denying certificate status checks.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- OpenBSD
- Product
- LibreSSL
- CVSS v3.1
- 5.9 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- NVD status
- Received
Why it ranks 3 (Routine)
- CVSS v3.1 5.9 medium
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.