Update OpenSSL to version 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.5

Bug #352919 reported by Nicola Ferralis
252
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
The Dell Mini Project
Fix Released
Critical
Unassigned

Bug Description

OpenSSL is currently in version 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.3 in dell-mini-hardy. It should be update to version 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.5 to fix several security vulnerabilities. Generic hardy has been already been patched.

Changelog:
openssl (0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.5) hardy-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: crash via invalid memory access when printing BMPString
    or UniversalString with invalid length
    - crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c, crypto/asn1/asn1_err.c and crypto/asn1/asn1.h:
      return error if invalid length
    - CVE-2009-0590
    - http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt
    - patch from upstream CVS:
      crypto/asn1/asn1.h:1.128.2.11->1.128.2.12
      crypto/asn1/asn1_err.c:1.54.2.4->1.54.2.5
      crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c:1.26.2.10->1.26.2.11

 -- Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:12:48 -0500

openssl (0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.4) hardy-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: clients treat malformed signatures as good when verifying
    server DSA and ECDSA certificates
    - update apps/speed.c, apps/spkac.c, apps/verify.c, apps/x509.c,
      ssl/s2_clnt.c, ssl/s2_srvr.c, ssl/s3_clnt.c, s3_srvr.c, and
      ssl/ssltest.c to properly check the return code of EVP_VerifyFinal()
    - patch based on upstream patch for #2008-016
    - CVE-2008-5077

 -- Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:00:29 -0600

CVE References

Revision history for this message
Henry Hall (hlh) wrote :

This fix will be released in the next large update.

Changed in dell-mini:
assignee: nobody → oem-security
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Nicola Ferralis (feranick) wrote :

Today "large update" has version 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.4netbook0build1, instead of 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.5. From the version number the new version is still behind.

Am I correct?'

Revision history for this message
Nicolas Valcarcel (nvalcarcel) wrote :

0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.5 is already in the development repos. It needs to be pushed live.

Changed in dell-mini:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
Changed in dell-mini:
assignee: Registry Administrators (registry) → nobody
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