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Mandriva: Subject: [Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:227 ] gnutls Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake Martin von Gagern found a flow in how GnuTLS versions 1.2.4 up until 2.6.1 verified certificate chains provided by a server. A malicious server could use this flaw to spoof its identity by tricking client applications that used the GnuTLS library to trust invalid certificates (CVE-2008-4989). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:227
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : gnutls
 Date    : November 12, 2008
 Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 Martin von Gagern found a flow in how GnuTLS versions 1.2.4 up until
 2.6.1 verified certificate chains provided by a server.  A malicious
 server could use this flaw to spoof its identity by tricking client
 applications that used the GnuTLS library to trust invalid certificates
 (CVE-2008-4989).
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4989
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 34153ada0d8f5e15ce0c485b11831d7b  2008.0/i586/gnutls-2.0.0-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 0b46ebe6d8e44eb4d1053e66f591d069  2008.0/i586/libgnutls13-2.0.0-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 f2b15aff240f686074760f6def6eb15f  2008.0/i586/libgnutls-devel-2.0.0-2.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 782fcf06fbbef4902a19f6f167468dd3  2008.0/SRPMS/gnutls-2.0.0-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 36d7717cbd69b8eaf3d3fb7a1a5460b2  2008.0/x86_64/gnutls-2.0.0-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 5de9bb9606d7376e1316530a06fcf811  2008.0/x86_64/lib64gnutls13-2.0.0-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 31ac4eada9cc4728961a63cd4c0b9f1b  2008.0/x86_64/lib64gnutls-devel-2.0.0-2.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 782fcf06fbbef4902a19f6f167468dd3  2008.0/SRPMS/gnutls-2.0.0-2.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
 a994e8b75456e7072140ce99b3db34b3  2008.1/i586/gnutls-2.3.0-2.2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 4a75a7074c2c3ce5ed7e227c1fb649bc  2008.1/i586/libgnutls26-2.3.0-2.2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 663eb73655292445f569db0eaded64c4  2008.1/i586/libgnutls-devel-2.3.0-2.2mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 
 98cdc535fca1c579c615a78acf664b93  2008.1/SRPMS/gnutls-2.3.0-2.2mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
 34218ff0d8daa441c641324911e28e04  2008.1/x86_64/gnutls-2.3.0-2.2mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 49ffee1bd312e6f96937e083ad62e43e  2008.1/x86_64/lib64gnutls26-2.3.0-2.2mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 fb3fc4547c83eb9c0d888af75e277c99  2008.1/x86_64/lib64gnutls-devel-2.3.0-2.2mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 
 98cdc535fca1c579c615a78acf664b93  2008.1/SRPMS/gnutls-2.3.0-2.2mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
 d2c4bbbef7fcc9dae472469d0464ae34  2009.0/i586/gnutls-2.4.1-1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
 648df3147464016c51f5b912c705ba34  2009.0/i586/libgnutls26-2.4.1-1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
 213046d8f2a3979da2a2bf9477b8de66  2009.0/i586/libgnutls-devel-2.4.1-1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm 
 11f9b81ba4f9572c5f98d8ef95dc0448  2009.0/SRPMS/gnutls-2.4.1-1.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
 eba230e9e703fec6d24218bbb343213f  2009.0/x86_64/gnutls-2.4.1-1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
 97e3ade4d719d783338f96032cff40f5  2009.0/x86_64/lib64gnutls26-2.4.1-1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
 f2cb5fa913970ede87d7ede80afe91e0  2009.0/x86_64/lib64gnutls-devel-2.4.1-1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm 
 11f9b81ba4f9572c5f98d8ef95dc0448  2009.0/SRPMS/gnutls-2.4.1-1.1mdv2009.0.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
  
 
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