Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461

Scientific Linux: CVE-2008-5077 Moderate: OpenSSL Man In The Middle Attack

Calendar Jan 07, 2009 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
2 - 3 min read
Scientific Large Esm H446
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory attack openssl man in the middle Scientific Linux
Important: openssl security update 
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:35:38 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for openssl on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it."
 

Synopsis:	Important: openssl security update
Issue date:	2009-01-07
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-5077

The Google security team discovered a flaw in the way OpenSSL checked the
verification of certificates. An attacker in control of a malicious server,
or able to effect a "man in the middle" attack, could present a malformed
SSL/TLS signature from a certificate chain to a vulnerable client and
bypass validation. (CVE-2008-5077)

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
openssl-0.9.7a-33.25.src.rpm
openssl096b-0.9.6b-16.49.src.rpm
 i386:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-16.49.i386.rpm
openssl-0.9.7a-33.25.i386.rpm
openssl-0.9.7a-33.25.i686.rpm
openssl-devel-0.9.7a-33.25.i386.rpm
openssl-perl-0.9.7a-33.25.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-16.49.i386.rpm
openssl096b-0.9.6b-16.49.x86_64.rpm
openssl-0.9.7a-33.25.i686.rpm
openssl-0.9.7a-33.25.x86_64.rpm
openssl-devel-0.9.7a-33.25.x86_64.rpm
openssl-perl-0.9.7a-33.25.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
openssl-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.src.rpm
openssl096b-0.9.6b-22.46.el4_7.src.rpm
 i386:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-22.46.el4_7.i386.rpm
openssl-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
openssl-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.i686.rpm
openssl-devel-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
openssl-perl-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-22.46.el4_7.i386.rpm
openssl096b-0.9.6b-22.46.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
openssl-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.i686.rpm
openssl-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
openssl-devel-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.i386.rpm
openssl-devel-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm
openssl-perl-0.9.7a-43.17.el4_7.2.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
openssl-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.src.rpm
openssl097a-0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1.src.rpm
 i386:
openssl097a-0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
openssl-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
openssl-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.i686.rpm
openssl-devel-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
openssl-perl-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
openssl097a-0.9.7a-9.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm
openssl-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.i686.rpm
openssl-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm
openssl-devel-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
openssl-devel-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm
openssl-perl-0.9.8b-10.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson