rPSA-2009-0008-1 openssl
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rPath Security Advisory: 2009-0008-1
Published: 2009-01-20
Products:
rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 1
rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 2
rPath Linux 1
rPath Linux 2
Rating: Severe
Exposure Level Classification:
Remote Deterministic Vulnerability
Updated Versions:
openssl=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/0.9.7f-10.13-1
openssl=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/0.9.8g-7-0.1
rPath Issue Tracking System:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2942
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5077
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090107.txt
Description:
Previous versions of OpenSSL do not properly check the return value from
the EVP_VerifyFinal function, which allows remote attackers to bypass
validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature
for DSA and ECDSA keys.
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0008
Copyright 2009 rPath, Inc.
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