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From: Chris Reffett <creffett@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201402-25 ] OpenSSL: Denial of Service
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:19:38
Message-Id: 53077982.2050203@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201402-25
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: OpenSSL: Denial of Service
9 Date: February 21, 2014
10 Bugs: #497838
11 ID: 201402-25
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in OpenSSL's handling of TLS handshakes could result in
19 a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer
25 (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a general
26 purpose cryptography library.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 dev-libs/openssl < 1.0.1f >= 1.0.1f
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37 Description
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40 A flaw in the ssl3_take_mac function can result in a NULL pointer
41 dereference.
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43 Impact
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46 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted TLS handshake,
47 resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All OpenSSL 1.0.1 users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1f"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2013-4353
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4353
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-25.xml
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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