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Gentoo: 201310-10 Normal: PolarSSL Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey October 17, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
In-depth examination of the discovered weak points within PolarSSL reveals a substantial risk of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Comprehensive insights presented here.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PolarSSL, the worst of which might allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PolarSSL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo remote attack normal severity PolarSSL

Resolution

All PolarSSL users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/polarssl-1.3.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-1923 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1923 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-2130 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2130 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-0169 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0169 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-1621 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1621 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-4623 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4623 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-5915 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5915

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-10
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Concerns

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.

Severity: Normal
Title: PolarSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 17, 2013
Bugs: #358783, #416399, #455562, #464206, #480882, #487170
ID: 201310-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo remote attack normal severity PolarSSL

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PolarSSL, the worst of which might allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

PolarSSL is a cryptographic library for embedded systems.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-libs/polarssl < 1.3.0 >= 1.3.0

Impact

===== A remote attacker might be able to cause Denial of Service, conduct a man-in-the middle attack, compromise an encrypted communication channel, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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