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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200904-08.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200904-08">
<title>OpenSSL: Denial of Service</title>
<synopsis>
An error in OpenSSL might allow for a Denial of Service when printing
certificate details.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">openssl</product>
<announced>2009-04-07</announced>
<revised count="01">2009-04-07</revised>
<bug>263751</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-libs/openssl" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.9.8k</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.9.8k</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 ASN1_STRING_print_ex() function does not properly check the
provided length of a BMPString or UniversalString, leading to an
invalid memory access.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to print a
specially crafted certificate, possibly leading to a Denial of Service.
</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 "&gt;=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8k"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0590">CVE-2009-0590</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-04-04T13:16:21Z">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-04-04T13:41:11Z">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-04-04T13:41:45Z">
rbu
</metadata>
</glsa>