Resolved Bugs
1169886 – kde-plasma-networkmanagement, kde-plasma-nm: creates OpenVPN connections vulnerable to MITM attack
1169887 – kde-plasma-networkmanagement: kde-plasma-networkmanagement, kde-plasma-nm: created OpenVPN connections vulnerable to MITM attack [fedora-19]<br
Add option for server certificate verification.
Category Archives: Fedora
Fedora – Security Updates
Fedora 20 Security Update: pcre-8.33-8.fc20
Resolved Bugs
1165626 – Heap overflow while matching against an expression with an assertion with a zero minimum repeat as the condition in a conditional group.
1166147 – CVE-2014-8964 pcre: incorrect handling of zero-repeat assertion conditions<br
This release fixes CVE-2014-8964 (an unused memory usage on zero-repeat assertion condition)
Fedora 20 Security Update: erlang-R16B-03.10.fc20
Resolved Bugs
1169375 – Disable SSL 3.0 in erlang-ssl
1059331 – CVE-2014-1693 erlang-inets: command injection flaw in FTP module
1059335 – CVE-2014-1693 erlang: erlang-inets: command injection flaw in FTP module [epel-all]
1161922 – Too many dependencies from Erlang<br
* Disable SSLv3
* Backport useful os:getenv/2 from master. See this GitHub pull request for further details – https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/535
* Fixed CVE-2014-1693 (backported fix from ver. 17.x.x, see patch no. 17)
* Trimmed dependency chain
Fedora EPEL 7 Security Update: erlang-R16B-03.10.el7
Resolved Bugs
1169375 – Disable SSL 3.0 in erlang-ssl
1059331 – CVE-2014-1693 erlang-inets: command injection flaw in FTP module
1059335 – CVE-2014-1693 erlang: erlang-inets: command injection flaw in FTP module [epel-all]
1161922 – Too many dependencies from Erlang<br
* Disable SSLv3
* Backport useful os:getenv/2 from master. See this GitHub pull request for further details – https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/535
* Fixed CVE-2014-1693 (backported fix from ver. 17.x.x, see patch no. 17)
* Trimmed dependency chain
Fedora EPEL 5 Security Update: libyaml-0.1.2-8.el5
Fedora EPEL 6 Security Update: pkcs11-helper-1.11-3.el6,openvpn-2.3.6-1.el6
Resolved Bugs
1169487 – CVE-2014-8104 openvpn: authenticated user can DoS OpenVPN by sending a too-short control channel packet to server [fedora-all]
1169488 – CVE-2014-8104 openvpn: authenticated user can DoS OpenVPN by sending a too-short control channel packet to server [epel-all]<br
Fix for CVE-2014-8104.
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncement-97597e732b
Fedora EPEL 7 Security Update: perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.54-1.el7
Resolved Bugs
1169369 – CVE-2014-9130 libyaml: assert failure when processing wrapped strings
1169801 – CVE-2014-9130 perl-YAML-LibYAML: libyaml: assert failure when processing wrapped strings [epel-7]<br
An assertion failure was found in the way the libyaml library parsed wrapped strings. An attacker able to load specially crafted YAML input into an application using libyaml could cause the application to crash.
Fedora EPEL 6 Security Update: perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.38-5.el6
Resolved Bugs
1169369 – CVE-2014-9130 libyaml: assert failure when processing wrapped strings
1169751 – CVE-2014-9130 perl-YAML-LibYAML: libyaml: assert failure when processing wrapped strings [epel-6]<br
An assertion failure was found in the way the libyaml library parsed wrapped strings. An attacker able to load specially crafted YAML input into an application using libyaml could cause the application to crash.
Fedora EPEL 5 Security Update: pkcs11-helper-1.11-3.el5,openvpn-2.3.6-1.el5
Resolved Bugs
1169487 – CVE-2014-8104 openvpn: authenticated user can DoS OpenVPN by sending a too-short control channel packet to server [fedora-all]
1169488 – CVE-2014-8104 openvpn: authenticated user can DoS OpenVPN by sending a too-short control channel packet to server [epel-all]<br
Fix for CVE-2014-8104.
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncement-97597e732b