security advisorySSL certificateyum-rhn-plugin
Moderate: yum-rhn-plugin security update. 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: "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." 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 . A minor patch has been released for the yum-rhn-plugin in Scientific Linux to address concerns related to SSL verification failures.. yum-rhn-plugin security, Scientific Linux advisory, network security update, SSL certificate issue. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 14, 2008
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