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Posted on 17 October 2013
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201310-10
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: PolarSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 17, 2013
Bugs: #358783, #416399, #455562, #464206, #480882, #487170
ID: 201310-10

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PolarSSL, the worst of
which might allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service
condition.

Background
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PolarSSL is a cryptographic library for embedded systems.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-libs/polarssl < 1.3.0 >= 1.3.0

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PolarSSL. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker might be able to cause Denial of Service, conduct a
man-in-the middle attack, compromise an encrypted communication
channel, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All PolarSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/polarssl-1.3.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-1923
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1923
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-2130
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2130
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-0169
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0169
[ 4 ] CVE-2013-1621
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1621
[ 5 ] CVE-2013-4623
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4623
[ 6 ] CVE-2013-5915
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5915

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-10.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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