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Debian Security Advisory DSA 393-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                               Michael Stone
October 1, 2003                          Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : openssl
Vulnerability  : denial of service
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2003-0543 CAN-2003-0544

Dr. Stephen Henson (steve@openssl.org), using a test suite provided by
NISCC (www.niscc.gov.uk), discovered a number of errors in the OpenSSL
ASN1 code.  Combined with an error that causes the OpenSSL code to parse
client certificates even when it should not, these errors can cause a
denial of service (DoS) condition on a system using the OpenSSL code, 
depending on how that code is used. For example, even though apache-ssl
and ssh link to OpenSSL libraries, they should not be affected by this
vulnerability. However, other SSL-enabled applications may be
vulnerable and an OpenSSL upgrade is recommended.

For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been
fixed in version 0.9.6c-2.woody.4

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.9.7c-1

We recommend that you update your openssl package. Note that you will
need to restart services which use the libssl library for this update
to take effect.

Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

      
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  Architecture independent packages:

      
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  Alpha architecture:

      
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  ARM architecture:

      
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  HP Precision architecture:

      
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  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
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  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
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  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
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  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
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  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
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  PowerPC architecture:

      
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  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
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  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
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  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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