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title: "CVE-2010-5298\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-5298

Publication date 14 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Race condition in the ssl3\_read\_bytes function in s3\_pkt.c in OpenSSL
through 1.0.1g, when SSL\_MODE\_RELEASE\_BUFFERS is enabled, allows remote
attackers to inject data across sessions or cause a denial of service
(use-after-free and parsing error) via an SSL connection in a multithreaded
environment.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-5298?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openssl | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1.0.1e-3ubuntu1.3 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1.0.1c-3ubuntu2.8 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.13 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| openssl098 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-5298?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

introduced by https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=8671b898609777c95aedf33743419a523874e6e8

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| openssl | * Upstream:   <https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=94d1f4b> * Vendor:   <http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/security/openssl/files/patch-ssl-s3_pkt.c?revision=351191&view=markup> * Vendor:   <http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.5/common/004_openssl.patch.sig> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-5298)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5298)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-5298)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-5298)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2192-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2192-1)
+ OpenSSL vulnerabilities
+ 5 May 2014

### Other references

* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/13/1>
* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/13/2>
* <http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/analysis-of-openssl-freelist-reuse>
* <http://www.openbsd.org/errata55.html#004_openssl>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-5298>