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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-271

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-271
Posted Oct 12, 2009
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-271 - nasl/nasl_crypto2.c in the Nessus Attack Scripting Language library (aka libnasl) 2.2.11 does not properly check the return value from the OpenSSL DSA_do_verify function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077. This update fixes this vulnerability.

tags | advisory, remote
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2009-0125
SHA-256 | bbcbdb518b5d8b7808f0aee015897e1c7cc54a9c8ad5c2f6ca6a9bfcd720d8a0

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-271

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:271
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : libnasl
Date : October 12, 2009
Affected: Corporate 4.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libnasl:

nasl/nasl_crypto2.c in the Nessus Attack Scripting Language library
(aka libnasl) 2.2.11 does not properly check the return value from
the OpenSSL DSA_do_verify function, which allows remote attackers to
bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS
signature, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2008-5077 (CVE-2009-0125).

This update fixes this vulnerability.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0125
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Updated Packages:

Corporate 4.0:
5d0a75952ac9fa3c8fcf62a00bd072c1 corporate/4.0/i586/libnasl2-2.2.4-1.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
49a5d1e0e484d36e5fdd31cfeff734b0 corporate/4.0/i586/libnasl2-devel-2.2.4-1.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
727b1ff5b789fcce219553b95e1870a0 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/libnasl-2.2.4-1.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
11e767b9e52c2971e416d3c1207cc602 corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64nasl2-2.2.4-1.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
105602aac8d6f82ea356916778f64c7c corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64nasl2-devel-2.2.4-1.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
727b1ff5b789fcce219553b95e1870a0 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/libnasl-2.2.4-1.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
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<security*mandriva.com>
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