Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libneon0.27 announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:221.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:221
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in libneon0.27:
neon before 0.28.6, when expat is used, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564 (CVE-2009-2473).
neon before 0.28.6, when OpenSSL is used, does not properly handle a '\0' (NUL) 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-2009-2474).
This update provides a solution to these vulnerabilities.
Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1, Corporate 4.0, Enterprise Server 5.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-1564, CVE-2009-2408, CVE-2009-2473, CVE-2009-2474 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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