Secunia Security Advisory - FreeBSD has issued an update for openssl. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
FreeBSD update for openssl
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17146
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17146/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
FreeBSD 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/139/
FreeBSD 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/1132/
DESCRIPTION:
FreeBSD has issued an update for openssl. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions.
For more information:
SA17151
SOLUTION:
Update FreeBSD or apply patch.
Fixed versions:
2005-10-11 11:52:46 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.0-STABLE)
2005-10-11 11:53:03 UTC (RELENG_6_0, 6.0-RELEASE)
2005-10-11 11:52:01 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.4-STABLE)
2005-10-11 11:52:28 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p8)
2005-10-11 11:52:13 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p23)
2005-10-11 11:50:50 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE)
2005-10-11 11:51:45 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p13)
2005-10-11 11:51:20 UTC (RELENG_4_10, 4.10-RELEASE-p19)
Patch for FreeBSD 4.10, 4.11, 5.3, and 5.4:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:21/openssl.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:21/openssl.patch.asc
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:21.openssl.asc
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17151:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17151/
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