Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1718-1 boinc -- incorrect API usage
- Date Reported:
- 08 Feb 2009
- Affected Packages:
- boinc
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 511521.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-0126. - More information:
-
It was discovered that the core client for the BOINC distributed computing infrastructure performs incorrect validation of the return values of OpenSSL's RSA functions.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.4.11-4+etch1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.14-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.14-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your boinc packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc_5.4.11.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc_5.4.11-4+etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc_5.4.11-4+etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc_5.4.11-4+etch1.dsc
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-dev_5.4.11-4+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-dev_5.4.11-4+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-dev_5.4.11-4+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-dev_5.4.11-4+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-dev_5.4.11-4+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-dev_5.4.11-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-dev_5.4.11-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-dev_5.4.11-4+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-dev_5.4.11-4+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-manager_5.4.11-4+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/boinc/boinc-client_5.4.11-4+etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.