Secunia Security Advisory - FreeBSD has issued an update for openssl. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
FreeBSD update for openssl
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21785
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21785/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
FreeBSD 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/6778/
FreeBSD 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/1132/
FreeBSD 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/139/
DESCRIPTION:
FreeBSD has issued an update for openssl. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
For more information:
SA21709
SOLUTION:
Update FreeBSD or apply patch.
Fixed versions:
2006-09-06 21:18:26 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.1-STABLE)
2006-09-06 21:19:21 UTC (RELENG_6_1, 6.1-RELEASE-p6)
2006-09-06 21:20:08 UTC (RELENG_6_0, 6.0-RELEASE-p11)
2006-09-06 21:20:54 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.5-STABLE)
2006-09-06 21:21:50 UTC (RELENG_5_5, 5.5-RELEASE-p4)
2006-09-06 21:22:39 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p18)
2006-09-06 21:23:16 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p33)
2006-09-06 21:24:04 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE)
2006-09-06 21:24:54 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p21)
Patch for FreeBSD 4.11, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.1:
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:19/openssl.patch
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-06:19/openssl.patch.asc
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:19.openssl.asc
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21709:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21709/
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