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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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