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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200609-05
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: OpenSSL, AMD64 x86 emulation base libraries: RSA signature
            forgery
      Date: September 07, 2006
      Bugs: #146375, #146438
        ID: 200609-05

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Synopsis
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OpenSSL fails to properly validate PKCS #1 v1.5 signatures.

Background
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OpenSSL is a toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer, Transport
Layer Security protocols and a general-purpose cryptography library.
The x86 emulation base libraries for AMD64 contain a vulnerable version
of OpenSSL.

Affected packages
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    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package                  /  Vulnerable  /              Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  openssl                      < 0.9.7k                   >= 0.9.7k
  2  emul-x86-linux-baselibs       < 2.5.2                    >= 2.5.2
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Package 2 [app-emulation/emul-x86-linux-baselibs] only applies
       to AMD64 users.

     NOTE: Any packages listed without architecture tags apply to all
           architectures...
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
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Daniel Bleichenbacher discovered that it might be possible to forge
signatures signed by RSA keys with the exponent of 3.

Impact
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Since several CAs are using an exponent of 3 it might be possible for
an attacker to create a key with a false CA signature.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7k"

All AMD64 x86 emulation base libraries users should upgrade to the
latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/emul-x86-linux-baselibs-2.5.2"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-4339
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4339

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200609-05

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/