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Debian 7 DSA-2621-1 Critical: OpenSSL Remote Safety Issues

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2013
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Numerous OpenSSL security flaws resolved in Debian Security Advisory DSA-2621-1. Users are urged to update for enhanced protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSL

Summary

CVE-2013-0166

OpenSSL does not properly perform signature verification for OCSP
responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service via an invalid key.

CVE-2013-0169

A timing side channel attack has been found in CBC padding
allowing an attacker to recover pieces of plaintext via statistical
analysis of crafted packages, known as the "Lucky Thirteen" issue.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.9.8o-4squeeze14.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.1e-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssl 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/



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Package: openssl
CVE ID: CVE-2013-0166 CVE-2013-0169

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