(NetBSD Issues Fix) OpenSSL ASN1_STRING_print_ex() Invalid Memory Access Flaw Lets Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1022522 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1022522
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-0590
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 8 2009
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system, Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 0.9.8j and prior versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in OpenSSL. A remote or local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote or local user that can cause an OpenSSL-based application to print a BMPString or UniversalString (e.g., print the contents of a certificate) can trigger a memory access flaw in the ASN1_STRING_print_ex() function and cause the target application to crash.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
A local user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
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Solution:
NetBSD has issued a fix for NetBSD 4.0.*.
The NetBSD advisory is available at:
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-008.txt.asc
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Vendor URL: www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (NetBSD)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:58:08 -0400
Subject: NetBSD
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ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-008.txt.asc
CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591 and CVE-2009-0789
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