Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:14:22 +0100
From: Daniel Ahlberg <aliz@gentoo.org>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: GLSA: mod_ssl (200303-23)
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-23
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PACKAGE : mod_ssl
SUMMARY : timing based attack
DATE : 2003-03-25 10:14 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <2.8.14
FIXED VERSION : >=2.8.14
CVE : CAN-2003-0147
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- From advisory:
"Researchers have discovered a timing attack on RSA keys, to which
OpenSSL is generally vulnerable, unless RSA blinding has been turned
on."
Read the full advisory at
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030317.txt
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-www/mod_ssl upgrade to mod_ssl-2.8.14 as follows:
emerge sync
emerge mod_ssl
emerge clean
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