CVE-2003-0032 Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the application, which causes libmcrypt to dynamically load al...
MediumCVSS 5.0
EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the application, which causes libmcrypt to dynamically load algorithms via libtool.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mcrypt libmcrypt | = 2.5.1_r4 | No fix listed |
| mcrypt libmcrypt | = 2.5.2 | No fix listed |
| mcrypt libmcrypt | = 2.5.3 | No fix listed |
| mcrypt libmcrypt | = 2.5_.0 | No fix listed |
| debian/libmcrypt(Debian:12) | < 2.5.5-1 | 2.5.5-1 |
| debian/libmcrypt(Debian:13) | < 2.5.5-1 | 2.5.5-1 |
| debian/libmcrypt(Debian:14) | < 2.5.5-1 | 2.5.5-1 |
References
- CLA-2003:567 vendor-advisory
- 20030103 Multiple libmcrypt vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 20030105 GLSA: libmcrypt mailing-list
- DSA-228 patch vendor-advisory
- libmcrypt-libtool-memory-leak(10988) vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- 6512 vdb-entry
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2003-0032 vendor-advisory