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TITLE:
OpenSSL DTLS Implementation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25878

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25878/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
OpenSSL 0.9.x
http://secunia.com/product/253/

DESCRIPTION:
Andy Polyakov has reported a vulnerability in OpenSSL, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
DTLS implementation. Successful exploitation may allow the execution
of arbitrary code.

Note: Reportedly, this vulnerability affects only clients and servers
explicitly using DTLS.

The vulnerability is reported in all versions of 0.9.8 prior to
0.9.8f.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.9.8f and rebuild all packages using OpenSSL for
DTLS.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Andy Polyakov

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20071012.txt

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