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USN-2381-1: Rsyslog vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2381-1

9th October, 2014

rsyslog vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

Rsyslog could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software description

  • rsyslog
    – Enhanced syslogd

Details

It was discovered that Rsyslog incorrectly handled invalid PRI values. An
attacker could use this issue to send malformed messages to the Rsyslog
server and cause it to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service
and possibly message loss. (CVE-2014-3634, CVE-2014-3683)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
rsyslog

7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
rsyslog

5.8.6-1ubuntu8.9
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
rsyslog

4.2.0-2ubuntu8.3

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2014-3634,

CVE-2014-3683

Fedora 21 Security Update: php-ZendFramework2-2.3.3-1.fc21

Resolved Bugs
1151278 – php-ZendFramework2: various flaws [fedora-all]
1151276 – CVE-2014-8088 php-ZendFramework: null byte issue, connect to LDAP without knowing the password (ZF2014-05)
1151277 – CVE-2014-8089 php-ZendFramework: SQL injection issue when using the sqlsrv PHP extension (ZF2014-06)<br
Security release
* ZF2014-05, which mititages null byte poisoning of the password provided for LDAP authentication, thus prevening unauthorized LDAP binding. This corrects for unpatched versions of PHP (versions 5.5.11 and below, 5.4.27 and below, and any prior releases).
* ZF2014-06, which mitigates null byte poisoning of quoted SQL values provided to the sqlsrv extension, thus preventing a potential SQL injection vector.

CVE-2014-6891

The Vodafone Avantaj Cepte (aka com.vodafone.avantajcepte.main) application 1.4 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

CVE-2014-6887

The EXPRESS (aka com.gpshopper.express.android) application 2.5.3 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

CVE-2014-6940

The Absolute Lending Solutions (aka com.soln.S008F6C05EC0B63264B429F6D76286562) application 1.0073.b0073 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

CVE-2014-6941

The NOS Alive (aka pt.optimus.optimusalive2011) application 5.1 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

CVE-2014-6939

The Sketch W Friends FREE -Tablets (aka air.com.xlabz.SketchWFriendsFree) application 5.0.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

CVE-2014-6937

The China CITIC Bank Credit Card (aka com.citiccard.mobilebank) application 3.3.6 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

CVE-2014-6934

The Physics Chemistry Biology Quiz (aka com.pdevsmcqs.pcbmcqseries) application 1.8 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.