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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-201

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-201
Posted Dec 4, 2009
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-201 - socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 does not properly handle a '\\0' (NUL) character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) and subjectAlt(ernative)Name fields of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408. This update provides a solution to this vulnerability. Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, spoof
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2009-2666
SHA-256 | 4aba094aed5936c7ea5deea95cdcd8b2b4f9927a8b2c97e80c7ef02c3672c820

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-201

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:201-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
_______________________________________________________________________

Package : fetchmail
Date : December 4, 2009
Affected: 2008.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in fetchmail:

socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 does not properly handle a '\0'
(NUL) character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN)
and subjectAlt(ernative)Name fields of an X.509 certificate, which
allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via
a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority,
a related issue to CVE-2009-2408 (CVE-2009-2666).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Update:

Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for
Corporate products.
_______________________________________________________________________

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2666
_______________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
3f4057bfc548c1dccf0d3f9bc4fe8f85 2008.0/i586/fetchmail-6.3.8-4.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
76bf19b1f8772966c5044109c348da26 2008.0/i586/fetchmailconf-6.3.8-4.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
e3e362ecde9e175a34d1df8d2188d59f 2008.0/i586/fetchmail-daemon-6.3.8-4.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
1822d2316b99f4ffaa18e482ed29c7f6 2008.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.3.8-4.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
a0f3f51fd21b8b002c55e7a189cfe4b4 2008.0/x86_64/fetchmail-6.3.8-4.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
31842cc17128e39c0626c6ce49b2b1e8 2008.0/x86_64/fetchmailconf-6.3.8-4.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
7291111ad2f72304f5611c67095bac5d 2008.0/x86_64/fetchmail-daemon-6.3.8-4.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
1822d2316b99f4ffaa18e482ed29c7f6 2008.0/SRPMS/fetchmail-6.3.8-4.2mdv2008.0.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
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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