Date:         Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:58:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for yum-rhn-plugin on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Moderate: yum-rhn-plugin security update
Issue date:	2008-08-14
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-3270

It was discovered that yum-rhn-plugin did not verify the SSL certificate
for all communication with a Red Hat Network server. An attacker able to
redirect the network communication between a victim and an RHN server could
use this flaw to provide malicious repository metadata. This metadata could
be used to block the victim from receiving specific security updates.
(CVE-2008-3270)

SL 5.x

    SRPMS:
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.3-12.el5_2.9.src.rpm
    i386:
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.3-12.el5_2.9.noarch.rpm
    x86_64:
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.3-12.el5_2.9.noarch.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson