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Gentoo: GLSA-200912-01 Moderate: OpenSSL Remote Injection Threat

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2009
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Potential vulnerabilities in OpenSSL could enable distant attackers to introduce malicious data into secure streams. It's crucial to apply updates promptly to reduce exposure to these risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL might allow remote attackers to conduct multiple attacks, including the injection of arbitrary data into encrypted byte streams

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200912-01 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: December 01, 2009 Bugs: #270305, #280591, #292022 ID: 200912-01

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL might allow remote attackers to conduct multiple attacks, including the injection of arbitrary data into encrypted byte streams.
Background ========= 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 ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/openssl < 0.9.8l-r2 >= 0.9.8l-r2
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