diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'metadata/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | metadata/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml | 84 |
1 files changed, 84 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..47a01d5dca97 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200610-11"> + <title>OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + OpenSSL contains multiple vulnerabilities including the possible remote + execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">openssl</product> + <announced>October 24, 2006</announced> + <revised>October 24, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>145510</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/openssl" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.9.8d</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">0.9.7l</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.8d</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + OpenSSL is a toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer, Transport + Layer Security protocols and a general-purpose cryptography library. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry, both of the Google Security Team, + discovered that the SSL_get_shared_ciphers() function contains a buffer + overflow vulnerability, and that the SSLv2 client code contains a flaw + leading to a crash. Additionally Dr. Stephen N. Henson found that the + ASN.1 handler contains two Denial of Service vulnerabilities: while + parsing an invalid ASN.1 structure and while handling certain types of + public key. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + An attacker could trigger the buffer overflow vulnerability by sending + a malicious suite of ciphers to an application using the vulnerable + function, and thus execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user + running the application. An attacker could also consume CPU and/or + memory by exploiting the Denial of Service vulnerabilities. Finally a + malicious server could crash a SSLv2 client through the SSLv2 + vulnerability. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All OpenSSL 0.9.8 users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8d"</code> + <p> + All OpenSSL 0.9.7 users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7l"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2937">CVE-2006-2937</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2940">CVE-2006-2940</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3738">CVE-2006-3738</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4343">CVE-2006-4343</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:36:31 +0000"> + vorlon078 + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:05:39 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:05:56 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |