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Gentoo: 200710-30 High Severity: OpenSSL Remote Execution Risk

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A significant vulnerability in OpenSSL may allow remote code execution or result in service interruptions. Updating to the latest version is crucial to mitigate these risks
OpenSSL contains a vulnerability allowing execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                        GLSA 200710-30:02
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  Severity: High
     Title: OpenSSL: Remote execution of arbitrary code
      Date: October 27, 2007
   Updated: October 30, 2007
      Bugs: #195634
        ID: 200710-30:02


Synopsis
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OpenSSL contains a vulnerability allowing execution of arbitrary code
or a Denial of Service.

Background
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OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a general
purpose cryptography library.

Affected packages
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     Package           /  Vulnerable  /                     Unaffected
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  1  dev-libs/openssl      >= 0.9.8f                          < 0.9.8f

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