Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1701-1 openssl, openssl097 -- interpretation conflict

Date Reported:
12 Jan 2009
Affected Packages:
openssl, openssl097
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 511196.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-5077.
More information:

It was discovered that OpenSSL does not properly verify DSA signatures on X.509 certificates due to an API misuse, potentially leading to the acceptance of incorrect X.509 certificates as genuine (CVE-2008-5077).

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8c-4etch4 of the openssl package, and version 0.9.7k-3.1etch2 of the openssl097 package.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8g-15.

The testing distribution (lenny) will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your OpenSSL packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/openssl097_0.9.7k-3.1etch2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/openssl097_0.9.7k.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/openssl097_0.9.7k-3.1etch2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_alpha.udeb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_amd64.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_amd64.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_hppa.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_i386.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_ia64.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_mips.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_mipsel.udeb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_powerpc.udeb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_s390.udeb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_sparc.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8-dbg_0.9.8c-4etch4_sparc.deb

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