Category Archives: Fedora

Fedora – Security Updates

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 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