MGASA-2014-0315

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    MGASA-2014-0315

    Published: 5 Aug 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-4911

    Summary: Updated polarssl packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A flaw was discovered in PolarSSL, a lightweight crypto and SSL/TLS library, which can be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker to mount a denial of service against PolarSSL servers that offer GCM ciphersuites. Potentially clients are affected too if a malicious server decides to execute the denial of service attack against its clients (CVE-2014-4911). The pdns package has been rebuilt against the updated polarssl library.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0315.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13764, https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/polarssl-security-advisory-2014-02, https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.8-released, https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2981

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: polarssl

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/polarssl?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.8-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High