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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.0563 -- [Solaris][OpenSolaris] GnuTLS: Provide Misleading Information 12 June 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: GnuTLS Publisher: Sun Microsystems Operating System: Solaris 10 OpenSolaris Impact: Provide Misleading Information Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2008-4989 Ref: ESB-2008.1037 Original Bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-260528-1 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Solution Type: Sun Alert Solution 260528 : Security Vulnerability in the GnuTLS (libgnutls(3)) Library Certificate Chain Validation Bug ID: 6821713 Product Solaris 10 Operating System OpenSolaris Date of Resolved Release: 10-Jun-2009 SA Document Body A security vulnerability in the GnuTLS (libgnutls(3)) library X.509 certificate chain validation: 1. Impact A Security vulnerability in GnuTLS (libgnutls(3)) library X.509 certificate chain validation may cause client applications to trust certificate chains in which the last certificate is an arbitrary trusted, self-signed certificate. This may allow a remote unprivileged user to carry out man-in-the-middle type of attacks using forged serer certificates. Evolution(evolution(1)) and Remote Desktop Applications are examples of applications which use this vulnerable library. This vulnerability is also described in the following document: * CVE-2008-4989 at: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4989 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform * Solaris 10 without patch 123938-02 * OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_111 x86 Platform * Solaris 10 without patch 123939-02 * OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_111 Note 1: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not impacted by this issue. Note 2: OpenSolaris distributions may include additional bug fixes above and beyond the build from which it was derived. To determine the base build of OpenSolaris, the following command can be used: $ uname -v snv_86 A system is only affected by this issue if it is running applications which use the affected libgnutls(3) library. To determine if an application has a dynamic dependency on the libgnutls(3) library, the ldd(1) utility can be used. For example, to check if Evolution(evolution(1)) has a dependency on GnuTLS, the following command can be used: $ ldd /usr/bin/evolution | grep libgnutls libgnutls.so.26 => /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26 Note: Some applications may use libgnutls(3) but not report libgnutls(3) as a dynamic dependency with ldd(1) if the library is loaded by dlopen(3C). Therefore, to display all shared objects used by an application, pldd(1) should be used against the running process. To check if libgnutls(3) is used by a running process, the following command can be used: $ pldd <pid of application> | grep libgnutls 3. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has occurred. 4. Workaround There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below. 5. Resolution This issue is addressed in the following releases: SPARC Platform * Solaris 10 with patch 123938-02 or later * OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_111a or later x86 Platform * Solaris 10 with patch 123939-02 or later * OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_111a or later For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical Instruction ID 213557. This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS" basis. This Sun Alert notification may contain information provided by third parties. The issues described in this Sun Alert notification may or may not impact your system(s). 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