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Re: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200710-30 ] OpenSSL: Remote execution of arbitrary code



Sorry, but it seems that it is the other way around--vulnerable are
versions < 0.9.8f, unaffected versions >= 0.9.8f.

Gruß, Steffan



On Tue, Oct 30, 2007, Pierre-Yves Rofes wrote:
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>  Severity: High
>     Title: OpenSSL: Remote execution of arbitrary code
>      Date: October 27, 2007
>   Updated: October 30, 2007
>      Bugs: #195634
>        ID: 200710-30:02
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>Synopsis
>========
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>OpenSSL contains a vulnerability allowing execution of arbitrary code
>or a Denial of Service.
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>Background
>==========
>
>OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer
>(SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a general
>purpose cryptography library.
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>Affected packages
>=================
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>     Package           /  Vulnerable  /                     Unaffected
>    -------------------------------------------------------------------
>  1  dev-libs/openssl      >= 0.9.8f                          < 0.9.8f
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>Description
>===========
>
>Andy Polyakov reported a vulnerability in the OpenSSL toolkit, that is
>caused due to an unspecified off-by-one error within the DTLS
>implementation.
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>Impact
>======
>
>A remote attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code or
>cause a Denial of Service. Only clients and servers explicitly using
>DTLS are affected, systems using SSL and TLS are not.
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>Workaround
>==========
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>There is no known workaround at this time.
>
>Resolution
>==========
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>All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
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>    # emerge --sync
>    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8f"
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>References
>==========
>
>  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-4995
>        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4995
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>Availability
>============
>
>This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
>the Gentoo Security Website:
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>  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-30.xml
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>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
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>
>Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
>belongs to its owner(s).
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>The contents of this document are licensed under the
>Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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