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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64675
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:203 (curl)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to curl
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:203.

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.

Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0,
Enterprise Server 5.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0


Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:203

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2408
Debian Security Information: DSA-1874 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:217
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7003
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2
http://osvdb.org/56723
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10751
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8458
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022632
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2009:048 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:018 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2417
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 36032
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36032
Bugtraq: 20090824 rPSA-2009-0124-1 curl (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506055/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10114
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8542
http://secunia.com/advisories/36238
http://secunia.com/advisories/36475
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
http://secunia.com/advisories/45047
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1158-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2263
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
XForce ISS Database: curl-certificate-security-bypass(52405)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52405
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