Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:46:56 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Moderate: curl on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Moderate: curl security update
Issue date:	2009-08-13
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-2417
CVE-2009-2417 curl: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL 
in name

Scott Cantor reported that cURL is affected by the previously published
"null prefix attack", caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters in
X.509 certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-crafted
certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker 
could use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack and 
potentially confuse cURL into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2009-2417)

All running applications using libcurl must be restarted for the update 
to take effect.

SL 5.x

     SRPMS:
curl-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.src.rpm
     i386:
curl-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
curl-devel-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
     x86_64:
curl-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
curl-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.x86_64.rpm
curl-devel-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386.rpm
curl-devel-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2009-2417 Moderate: curl SL5.x i386/x86_64

Moderate: curl security update

Summary

Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:46:56 -0500Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA Moderate: curl on SL5.x i386/x86_64Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"          Synopsis:	Moderate: curl security updateIssue date:	2009-08-13CVE Names:	CVE-2009-2417CVE-2009-2417 curl: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in nameScott Cantor reported that cURL is affected by the previously published"null prefix attack", caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters inX.509 certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-craftedcertificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker could use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack and potentially confuse cURL into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2009-2417)All running applications using libcurl must be restarted for the update to take effect.SL 5.x     SRPMS:curl-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.src.rpm     i386:curl-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386.rpmcurl-devel-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386.rpm     x86_64:curl-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386.rpmcurl-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.x86_64.rpmcurl-devel-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386.rpmcurl-devel-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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