Scientific Linux: CVE-2009-3245 Important OpenSSL096b Security Update

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:57:24 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: openssl096b on SL3.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: openssl096b security update
Issue date:	2010-03-25
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-3245

CVE-2009-3245 openssl: missing bn_wexpand return value checks

It was discovered that OpenSSL did not always check the return value of
the bn_wexpand() function. An attacker able to trigger a memory
allocation failure in that function could cause an application using the
OpenSSL library to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2009-3245)

For the update to take effect, all programs using the openssl096b
library must be restarted.

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-16.50.src.rpm
 i386:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-16.50.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-16.50.i386.rpm
openssl096b-0.9.6b-16.50.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-22.46.el4_8.1.src.rpm
 i386:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-22.46.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
openssl096b-0.9.6b-22.46.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
openssl096b-0.9.6b-22.46.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson