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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201612-53 ] CyaSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 14:53:54
Message-Id: 80c000b2-bde8-1d93-0e2c-e83a6fab676f@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201612-53
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: CyaSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: December 31, 2016
10 Bugs: #507418
11 ID: 201612-53
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in CyaSSL, the worst of which
19 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 CyaSSL is a small, fast, portable implementation of TLS/SSL for
25 embedded devices to the cloud.
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27 Affected packages
28 =================
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-libs/cyassl *<= 2.9.4 Vulnerable!
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35 NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
36 to another package if one is available or wait for the
37 existing packages to be marked stable by their
38 architecture maintainers.
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40 Description
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43 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CyaSSL. Please review
44 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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46 Impact
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49 An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges
50 of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or conduct a
51 man-in-the-middle attack.
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53 Workaround
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56 There is no known workaround at this time.
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58 Resolution
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61 Upstream has discontinued the software in favor of wolfSSL. Therefore,
62 the CyaSSL package has been removed from the Gentoo repository and
63 current users are advised to unmerge the package.
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65 # emerge --unmerge "net-libs/cyassl"
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67 References
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70 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-2896
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2896
72 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-2897
73 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2897
74 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-2898
75 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2898
76 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-2899
77 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2899
78 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-2900
79 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2900
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81 Availability
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84 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
85 the Gentoo Security Website:
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87 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-53
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89 Concerns?
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92 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
93 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
94 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
95 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
96 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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98 License
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101 Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
102 belongs to its owner(s).
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104 The contents of this document are licensed under the
105 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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107 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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