Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1173-1 openssl -- cryptographic weakness

Date Reported:
10 Sep 2006
Affected Packages:
openssl
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 386247.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 19849.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-4339.
More information:

Daniel Bleichenbacher discovered a flaw in the OpenSSL cryptographic package that could allow an attacker to generate a forged signature that OpenSSL will accept as valid.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.7e-3sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8b-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages. Note that services linking against the openssl shared libraries will need to be restarted. Common examples of such services include most Mail Transport Agents, SSH servers, and web servers.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.7e-3sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7e-3sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.7e-3sarge2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.