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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-5452
2009-05-25 17:29:02
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Name        : openssl
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 0.9.8k
Release     : 5.fc11
URL         : https://www.openssl.org:443/
Summary     : A general purpose cryptography library with TLS implementation
Description :
The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between
machines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared
libraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and
protocols.

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Update Information:

Security update fixing DoS bugs in DTLS code.  CVE-2009-1377 CVE-2009-1378
CVE-2009-1379
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ChangeLog:

* Thu May 21 2009 Tomas Mraz  0.9.8k-5
- fix CVE-2009-1377 CVE-2009-1378 CVE-2009-1379
  (DTLS DoS problems) (#501253, #501254, #501572)
* Tue Apr 21 2009 Tomas Mraz  0.9.8k-4
- support compatibility DTLS mode for CISCO AnyConnect (#464629)
* Fri Apr 17 2009 Tomas Mraz  0.9.8k-3
- correct the SHLIB_VERSION define
* Wed Apr 15 2009 Tomas Mraz  0.9.8k-2
- add support for multiple CRLs with same subject
- load only dynamic engine support in FIPS mode
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #501253 - CVE-2009-1377 OpenSSL: DTLS epoch record buffer memory DoS
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501253
  [ 2 ] Bug #501254 - CVE-2009-1378 OpenSSL: DTLS fragment handling memory DoS
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501254
  [ 3 ] Bug #501572 - CVE-2009-1379 OpenSSL: DTLS pointer use-after-free flaw (DoS)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501572
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