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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200902-02.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200902-02.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a6d4e9027ba8 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200902-02.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200902-02"> + <title>OpenSSL: Certificate validation error</title> + <synopsis> + An error in the OpenSSL certificate chain validation might allow for + spoofing attacks. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">openssl</product> + <announced>2009-02-12</announced> + <revised count="01">2009-02-12</revised> + <bug>251346</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/openssl" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.9.8j</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.8j</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + 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. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + The Google Security Team reported that several functions incorrectly + check the result after calling the EVP_VerifyFinal() function, allowing + a malformed signature to be treated as a good signature rather than as + an error. This issue affects the signature checks on DSA and ECDSA keys + used with SSL/TLS. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability and spoof arbitrary + names to conduct Man-In-The-Middle attacks and intercept sensitive + information. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8j"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5077">CVE-2008-5077</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-01-13T17:07:15Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-01-13T17:07:33Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-01-13T17:14:56Z"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |