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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-8565
2009-08-15 07:17:23
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Name        : gnutls
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 2.6.6
Release     : 3.fc11
URL         : http://www.gnutls.org/
Summary     : A TLS protocol implementation
Description :
GnuTLS is a project that aims to develop a library which provides a secure
layer, over a reliable transport layer. Currently the GnuTLS library implements
the proposed standards by the IETF's TLS working group.

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Update Information:

This update fixes handling of NUL characters in certificate  Common Name or
subjectAltName fields especially in regards to comparsion to hostnames.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Sep 23 2009 Tomas Mraz  2.6.6-3
- fix handling of hostname in openpgp certificates
* Fri Aug 14 2009 Tomas Mraz  2.6.6-2
- fix CVE-2009-2730 - handling of NUL chars in certificate
  CNs and SANs
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #516231 - CVE-2009-2730 gnutls: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in name (GNUTLS-SA-2009-4)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516231
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update gnutls' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 11 Update: gnutls-2.6.6-3.fc11

September 25, 2009
This update fixes handling of NUL characters in certificate Common Name or subjectAltName fields especially in regards to comparsion to hostnames.

Summary

GnuTLS is a project that aims to develop a library which provides a secure

layer, over a reliable transport layer. Currently the GnuTLS library implements

the proposed standards by the IETF's TLS working group.

Update Information:

This update fixes handling of NUL characters in certificate Common Name or subjectAltName fields especially in regards to comparsion to hostnames.

Change Log

* Wed Sep 23 2009 Tomas Mraz 2.6.6-3 - fix handling of hostname in openpgp certificates * Fri Aug 14 2009 Tomas Mraz 2.6.6-2 - fix CVE-2009-2730 - handling of NUL chars in certificate CNs and SANs

References

[ 1 ] Bug #516231 - CVE-2009-2730 gnutls: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in name (GNUTLS-SA-2009-4) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516231

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update gnutls' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : gnutls
Product : Fedora 11
Version : 2.6.6
Release : 3.fc11
URL : http://www.gnutls.org/
Summary : A TLS protocol implementation

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