CVE Request: bip denial of service via resource leak

[Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers () canonical com>]

Hello,

bip 0.8.8 and earlier contains an issue where failed SSL handshakes result in a
resource leak. A remote attacker can use this flaw to cause bip to run out of
resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Upstream bug:
https://projects.duckcorp.org/issues/261

Fixed by the following commit in 0.8.9:
https://projects.duckcorp.org/projects/bip/repository/revisions/df45c4c2d6f892e3e1dec23ce0ed2575b53a7d8c

Downstream bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/bip/+bug/1247888

Could a CVE please be assigned to this issue?

Thanks,

Marc.

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Marc Deslauriers
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