[SECURITY] [DSA 253-1] New OpenSSL packages fix timing-based attack vulnerability

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 253-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze February 24th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-253 openssl - information leak

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OpenSSL 0.9.7a and 0.9.6i released

From the changelog: Security fix: Vaudenay timing attack on CBC + In ssl3getrecord ssl/s3pkt.c, minimize information leaked + via timing by performing a MAC computation even if incorrrect + block cipher padding has been found. This is a countermeasure + against active attacks where the attacker h...

OpenSSL 0.9.x - CBC Error Information Leakage

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6884/info A side-channel attack against implementations of SSL exists that, through analysis of the timing of certain operations, can reveal sensitive information to an active adversary. This information leaked by vulnerable implementations is reportedly...