Gentoo: GLSA-201507-15: OpenSSL: Alternate chains certificate forgery
Summary
During certificate verification, OpenSSL attempts to find an alternative certificate chain if the first attempt to build such a chain fails.
Resolution
All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1p"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1793 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1793
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-15
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.
Synopsis
Certain checks on untrusted certificates can be bypassed.
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 < 1.0.1p >= 1.0.1p
Impact
===== A remote attacker could cause certain checks on untrusted certificates to be bypassed, such as the CA flag, enabling them to use a valid leaf certificate to act as a CA and "issue" an invalid certificate.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.