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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200901-10.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200901-10.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..aaddcf0a528f --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200901-10.xml @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200901-10"> + <title>GnuTLS: Certificate validation error</title> + <synopsis> + A certificate validation error in GnuTLS might allow for spoofing attacks. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">gnutls</product> + <announced>2009-01-14</announced> + <revised count="01">2009-01-14</revised> + <bug>245850</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-libs/gnutls" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.4.1-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.4.1-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + GnuTLS is an open-source implementation of TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Martin von Gagern reported that the _gnutls_x509_verify_certificate() + function in lib/x509/verify.c trusts certificate chains in which the + last certificate is an arbitrary trusted, self-signed certificate. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability and spoof arbitrary + names to conduct Man-In-The-Middle attacks and intercept sensitive + information. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All GnuTLS users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/gnutls-2.4.1-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4989">CVE-2008-4989</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-11-30T19:06:26Z"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-01-10T23:37:58Z"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-01-10T23:38:09Z"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |