Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-203 - 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. This update provides a solution to this vulnerability. Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:203-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : curl
Date : December 4, 2009
Affected: 2008.0
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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.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2417
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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
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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