CVE catalog
CVE-2011-5268
bip: CVE-2011-5268
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.50% · Oct 25, 2026
connection.c in Bip before 0.8.9 does not properly close sockets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and crash) via multiple failed SSL handshakes, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4550. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2013-4550 because it is a different type of issue.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bip | sid | 0.9.3-1.2 | fixed |
| Debian | bip | forky | 0.9.3-1.2 | fixed |
| Debian | bip | trixie | 0.9.3-1.1 | fixed |
| Debian | bip | bookworm | 0.9.3-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bip | source | sid | 0.8.9-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bip | source | forky | 0.8.9-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bip | source | trixie | 0.8.9-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bip | source | bookworm | 0.8.9-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |