Debian Security Advisory DSA 3136-1 (polarssl - Security Update) Network Vulnerability

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in PolarSSL, a lightweight crypto and SSL/TLS library. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw using specially crafted certificates to mount a denial of service against an application linked against the library (application crash), or potentially, to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.9-1~deb7u5. For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your polarssl packages.

Insight

PolarSSL is a fork of the abandonned project XySSL. It is a lean crypto library providing SSL and TLS support in your programs.

Affected

polarssl on Debian Linux

Detection

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

References