SB2012010508 - SUSE Linux update for openSSL

Security Bulletin ID SB2012010508

Severity

Medium

Patch available

YES

Number of vulnerabilities 2

Exploitation vector Remote access

Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low
Medium
High
Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-5029)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd.

2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0014)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

ssl/t1_lib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8h through 0.9.8q and 1.0.0 through 1.0.0c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly obtain sensitive information in applications that use OpenSSL, via a malformed ClientHello handshake message that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, aka "OCSP stapling vulnerability."

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00024.html