DSA-2931-1 openssl -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2931-1 openssl -- security update

Date Reported:

18 May 2014

Affected Packages:

openssl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-0198.

More information:

It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in OpenSSL's do_ssl3_write() function could result in denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1e-2+deb7u9.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1g-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1g-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages.