Secunia Security Advisory - FreeBSD has issued an update for openssl. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
FreeBSD update for openssl
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34896
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34896/
DESCRIPTION:
FreeBSD has issued an update for openssl. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
For more information:
SA34411
SOLUTION:
Update FreeBSD or apply patches.
Note: On amd64 platforms, see vendor's advisory for additional
details about lib32 (i386 compatibility) updates.
Fixed versions:
2009-04-22 14:07:14 UTC (RELENG_7, 7.2-PRERELEASE)
2009-04-22 14:07:14 UTC (RELENG_7_2, 7.2-RC2)
2009-04-22 14:07:14 UTC (RELENG_7_1, 7.1-RELEASE-p5)
2009-04-22 14:07:14 UTC (RELENG_7_0, 7.0-RELEASE-p12)
2009-04-22 14:07:14 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.4-STABLE)
2009-04-22 14:07:14 UTC (RELENG_6_4, 6.4-RELEASE-p4)
2009-04-22 14:07:14 UTC (RELENG_6_3, 6.3-RELEASE-p10)
Patch for FreeBSD 6.x:
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-09:08/openssl6.patch
Patch for FreeBSD 7.x:
http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-09:08/openssl.patch
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:08.openssl.asc
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA34411:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34411/
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