rPSA-2009-0008-1 openssl

[rPath Update Announcements <announce-noreply () rpath com>]

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.
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html