- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: OpenSSL, AMD64 x86 emulation base libraries: RSA signature forgery Date: September 07, 2006 Bugs: #146375, #146438 ID: 200609-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== OpenSSL fails to properly validate PKCS #1 v1.5 signatures. Background ========== 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. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 openssl < 0.9.7k >= 0.9.7k 2 emul-x86-linux-baselibs < 2.5.2 >= 2.5.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- # Package 2 [app-emulation/emul-x86-linux-baselibs] only applies to AMD64 users. NOTE: Any packages listed without architecture tags apply to all architectures... ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== Daniel Bleichenbacher discovered that it might be possible to forge signatures signed by RSA keys with the exponent of 3. Impact ====== Since several CAs are using an exponent of 3 it might be possible for an attacker to create a key with a false CA signature. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7k" All AMD64 x86 emulation base libraries users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/emul-x86-linux-baselibs-2.5.2" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-4339 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4339 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-05.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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