MGASA-2014-0481

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    MGASA-2014-0481

    Published: 22 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated polarssl package fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: A regression in PolarSSL 1.3.8 resulted in servers negotiating a weaker signature algorithm than available. This has been fixed in PolarSSL 1.3.9 (CVE-2014-8627). Two remotely-triggerable memory leaks were found by the Codenomicon Defensics tool and fixed in PolarSSL 1.3.9 (CVE-2014-8628).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0481.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14472, https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.9-released, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: polarssl

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.9-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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