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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-11.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-11.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b0d80e7f3ea9 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-11.xml @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200612-11"> + <title>AMD64 x86 emulation base libraries: OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + OpenSSL contains multiple vulnerabilities including the possible execution + of remote arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">emul-linux-x86-baselibs</product> + <announced>December 11, 2006</announced> + <revised>December 11, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>152640</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs" auto="yes" arch="amd64"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.5.5</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.5.5</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + OpenSSL is a toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer, Transport + Layer Security protocols and a general-purpose cryptography library. + The x86 emulation base libraries for AMD64 contain a vulnerable version + of OpenSSL. + </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 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 AMD64 x86 emulation base libraries users should upgrade to the + latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs-2.5.5"</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="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:04:50 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:29:14 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |