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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-23 |
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PACKAGE : mod_ssl |
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SUMMARY : timing based attack |
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DATE : 2003-03-25 10:14 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <2.8.14 |
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FIXED VERSION : >=2.8.14 |
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CVE : CAN-2003-0147 |
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- From advisory: |
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"Researchers have discovered a timing attack on RSA keys, to which |
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OpenSSL is generally vulnerable, unless RSA blinding has been turned |
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on." |
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Read the full advisory at |
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http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030317.txt |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-www/mod_ssl upgrade to mod_ssl-2.8.14 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge mod_ssl |
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emerge clean |
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aliz@g.o - GnuPG key is available at http://cvs.gentoo.org/~aliz |
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