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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201702-07 ] OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:42:22
Message-Id: fafef865-9215-0d36-2b73-b9401c57dec2@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: February 14, 2017
10 Bugs: #607318
11 ID: 201702-07
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSL, the worst of which
19 might allow attackers to access sensitive information.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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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 < 1.0.2k >= 1.0.2k
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Please review
40 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker is able to crash applications linked against OpenSSL
46 or could obtain sensitive private-key information via an attack against
47 the Diffie-Hellman (DH) ciphersuite.
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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 users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2k"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-7055
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7055
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-3730
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3730
69 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-3731
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3731
71 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-3732
72 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3732
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74 Availability
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77 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
78 the Gentoo Security Website:
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80 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-07
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82 Concerns?
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85 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
86 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
87 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
88 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
89 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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91 License
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94 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
95 belongs to its owner(s).
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97 The contents of this document are licensed under the
98 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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100 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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