Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
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Base Score | 5 |
Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Low |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SuSE-SA:2003:0010, published Wednesday, Feb. 26th 2003 11:20 MET
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:15:47 2013CVE page last modified: Wed Mar 26 11:13:34 2025