SB2011090609 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in openssl (Alpine package)
Published: September 6, 2011
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011090609
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3207)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.x before 1.0.0e does not initialize certain structure members, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass CRL validation by using a nextUpdate value corresponding to a time in the past.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.