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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-214

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-214
Posted Aug 21, 2013
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-214 - Ryan Sleevi of the Google Chrome Security Team has discovered that Python's SSL module doesn't handle NULL bytes inside subjectAltNames general names. This could lead to a breach when an application uses ssl.match_hostname() to match the hostname against the certificate's subjectAltName's dNSName general names.

tags | advisory, python
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2013-4328
MD5 | 003a92eea68babd43195fc3585679ed4

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-214

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:214
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : python
Date : August 21, 2013
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated python packages fix security vulnerability:

Ryan Sleevi of the Google Chrome Security Team has discovered that
Python's SSL module doesn't handle NULL bytes inside subjectAltNames
general names. This could lead to a breach when an application uses
ssl.match_hostname() to match the hostname againt the certificate's
subjectAltName's dNSName general names. (CVE-2013-4328).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4328
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0250.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
752209b35068bee71a37ebf5a3529526 mbs1/x86_64/lib64python2.7-2.7.3-4.4.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
7005795c9900d103dc06fba1e63a4369 mbs1/x86_64/lib64python-devel-2.7.3-4.4.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
25a9f67c8e64f8f7cada826edbd6cc03 mbs1/x86_64/python-2.7.3-4.4.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
b7db45905e718ec28d1aa13520443918 mbs1/x86_64/python-docs-2.7.3-4.4.mbs1.noarch.rpm
a944c78f7347b66f95c9e2fb9185bab0 mbs1/x86_64/tkinter-2.7.3-4.4.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
52c5bd1a11d814b7a25412763b5d4cb5 mbs1/x86_64/tkinter-apps-2.7.3-4.4.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
7eca355fc59fcf1e782edfbb762846a6 mbs1/SRPMS/python-2.7.3-4.4.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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