-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:203-1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : curl Date : December 4, 2009 Affected: 2008.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: A vulnerability has been found and corrected in curl: lib/ssluse.c in cURL and libcurl 7.4 through 7.19.5, when OpenSSL is used, does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408 (CVE-2009-2417). This update provides a solution to this vulnerability. Update: Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2417 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2008.0: d1711e92c3f50c541bad2ebc92e1997e 2008.0/i586/curl-7.16.4-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 7483d1c5e09cbdaa4091f7e005f844a1 2008.0/i586/libcurl4-7.16.4-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 59374804184515524a92e7032c15e27f 2008.0/i586/libcurl-devel-7.16.4-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 82c7f004df0b5410c1bd0e4f245abf17 2008.0/SRPMS/curl-7.16.4-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64: 60168194a95389f0eef488361e9c41c6 2008.0/x86_64/curl-7.16.4-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm c7957352289282f49d0a749022d43309 2008.0/x86_64/lib64curl4-7.16.4-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 53be863ff6e89077c114c87646bf6435 2008.0/x86_64/lib64curl-devel-7.16.4-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 82c7f004df0b5410c1bd0e4f245abf17 2008.0/SRPMS/curl-7.16.4-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLGFUgmqjQ0CJFipgRAmDvAKC9VSBsewBvAVxsvV4C0wnJ1xxdgwCfbhCU IIyhdmnx2hBsXaVD3NWitv8= =Nvbn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/