Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-54874
* SECURITY UPDATE: Unbounded memory retention in the DTLS record layer. dtls1_buffer_record() adopted the entire live read buffer for every queued record and allocated a fresh one, so a peer could pin roughly 17.7 KB of heap per queued record regardless of how small the record actually was, up to the 100-entry queue limit, exhausting memory on the endpoint. - debian/patches/CVE-2026-54874.patch: copy only the received record into a right-sized allocation and restore it on retrieval, leaving the live read buffer in place, in ssl/d1_pkt.c, ssl/d1_lib.c and ssl/dtls1.h. - CVE-2026-54874
- Products
- libssl-dev, libssl-doc, libssl1.0.0, openssl
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.21+tuxcare.els17
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-54874
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
* SECURITY UPDATE: Unbounded memory retention in the DTLS record layer. dtls1_buffer_record() adopted the entire live read buffer for every queued record and allocated a fresh one, so a peer could pin roughly 17.7 KB of heap per queued record regardless of how small the record actually was, up to the 100-entry queue limit, exhausting memory on the endpoint. - debian/patches/CVE-2026-54874.patch: copy only the received record into a right-sized allocation and restore it on retrieval, leaving the live read buffer in place, in ssl/d1_pkt.c, ssl/d1_lib.c and ssl/dtls1.h. - CVE-2026-54874
osv:CLSA-2026-1788951485
libssl-dev
Fixed versions: 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.21+tuxcare.els17
libssl-doc
Fixed versions: 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.21+tuxcare.els17
libssl1.0.0
Fixed versions: 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.21+tuxcare.els17
openssl
Fixed versions: 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.21+tuxcare.els17
Complete source record
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"summary": "* SECURITY UPDATE: Unbounded memory retention in the DTLS record layer. dtls1_buffer_record() adopted the entire live read buffer for every queued record and allocated a fresh one, so a peer could pin roughly 17.7 KB of heap per queued record regardless of how small the record actually was, up to the 100-entry queue limit, exhausting memory on the endpoint. - debian/patches/CVE-2026-54874.patch: copy only the received record into a right-sized allocation and restore it on retrieval, leaving the live read buffer in place, in ssl/d1_pkt.c, ssl/d1_lib.c and ssl/dtls1.h. - CVE-2026-54874",
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