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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201404-07
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Severity: Normal
Title: OpenSSL: Information Disclosure
Date: April 08, 2014
Bugs: #505278, #507074
ID: 201404-07
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Synopsis
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Multiple Information Disclosure vulnerabilities in OpenSSL allow remote
attackers to obtain sensitive information via various vectors.
Background
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OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a general
purpose cryptography library.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/openssl < 1.0.1g >= 1.0.1g
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSL:
* OpenSSL incorrectly handles memory in the TLS heartbeat extension,
leading to information disclosure of 64kb per request, possibly
including private keys (“Heartbleed bug”, OpenSSL 1.0.1 only,
CVE-2014-0160).
* The Montgomery ladder implementation of OpenSSL improperly handles
swap operations (CVE-2014-0076).
Impact
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A remote attacker could exploit these issues to disclose information,
including private keys or other sensitive information, or perform
side-channel attacks to obtain ECDSA nonces.
Workaround
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Disabling the tls-heartbeat USE flag (enabled by default) provides a
workaround for the CVE-2014-0160 issue.
Resolution
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All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1g”
Note: All services using OpenSSL to provide TLS connections have to be
restarted for the update to take effect. Utilities like
app-admin/lib_users can aid in identifying programs using OpenSSL.
As private keys may have been compromised using the Heartbleed attack,
it is recommended to regenerate them.
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0076
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0076
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-0160
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0160
[ 3 ] Heartbleed bug website
http://heartbleed.com/
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201404-07.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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