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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2013.1486
polarssl security update
21 October 2013
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: polarssl
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 6
Debian GNU/Linux 7
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2013-5915 CVE-2013-5914 CVE-2013-4623
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2782
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running polarssl check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2782-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
October 20, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : polarssl
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2013-4623 CVE-2013-5914 CVE-2013-5915
Multiple security issues have been discovered in PolarSSL, a lightweight
crypto and SSL/TLS library:
CVE-2013-4623
Jack Lloyd discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the
parsing of PEM-encoded certificates.
CVE-2013-5914
Paul Brodeur and TrustInSoft discovered a buffer overflow in the
ssl_read_record() function, allowing the potential execution of
arbitrary code.
CVE-2013-5915
Cyril Arnaud and Pierre-Alain Fouque discovered timimg attacks against
the RSA implementation.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems will be fixed in
version 1.2.9-1~deb6u1 soon (due to a technical limitation the updates
cannot be released synchronously).
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.2.9-1~deb7u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.3.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your polarssl packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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