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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200806-08 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: OpenSSL: Denial of Service |
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Date: June 23, 2008 |
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Bugs: #223429 |
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ID: 200806-08 |
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Synopsis |
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Two vulnerabilities might allow for a Denial of Service of daemons |
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using OpenSSL. |
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Background |
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OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer |
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(SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a general |
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purpose cryptography library. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-libs/openssl < 0.9.8g-r2 >= 0.9.8g-r2 |
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< 0.9.8f |
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Description |
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Ossi Herrala and Jukka Taimisto of Codenomicon discovered two |
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vulnerabilities: |
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* A double free() call in the TLS server name extension |
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(CVE-2008-0891). |
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* The OpenSSL client code does not properly handle servers that omit |
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the Server Key Exchange message in the TLS handshake (CVE-2008-1672). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could connect to a vulnerable server, or entice a |
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daemon to connect to a malicious server, causing a Denial of Service of |
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the daemon in both cases. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8g-r2" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-0891 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0891 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2008-1672 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1672 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |