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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c.orig.tar.gz
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_alpha.deb
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_amd64.udeb
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl097/libssl0.9.7-dbg_0.9.7k-3.1etch2_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libcrypto0.9.8-udeb_0.9.8c-4etch4_mips.udeb
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_mipsel.deb
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8c-4etch4_powerpc.deb
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch4_s390.deb
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch4_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.