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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201309-20
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Dropbear: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: September 26, 2013
     Bugs: #328409, #405607
       ID: 201309-20

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Dropbear, the worst of
which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background
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Dropbear is an SSH server and client designed with a small memory
footprint.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-misc/dropbear           < 2012.55                 >= 2012.55

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dropbear. Please
review the CVE identifier and Gentoo bug referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to trigger a
use-after-free condition, possibly resulting in arbitrary code
execution or a Denial of Service condition. Additionally, the bundled
version of libtommath has an error in its prime number generation,
which could result in the generation of weak keys.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Dropbear users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/dropbear-2012.55"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0920
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0920
[ 2 ] libtommath Gentoo bug
      https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328383

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/201309-20

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 2013 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/