CVE-2014-0076 and OpenSSL 0.9.8

2014-03-26 Thread Geoff_Lowe
It looks as though CVE-2014-0076 affects OpenSSL 0.9.8-based distributions as well, correct? It doesn't appear that the fix has been applied to the OpenSSL_0_9_8-stable branch yet though. I suppose it might need a few tweaks to apply there cleanly... Thanks

Re: CVE-2014-0076 and OpenSSL 0.9.8

2014-03-26 Thread mancha
On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 06:55:41 + geoff_l...@mcafee.com wrote: It looks as though CVE-2014-0076 affects OpenSSL 0.9.8-based distributions as well, correct? Yes, 0.9.8y also uses the same Lopez/Dahab algo when computing elliptic scalar mult on curves defined over binary fields (i.e. GF(2^m

Re: CVE-2014-0076 and OpenSSL 0.9.8

2014-03-26 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014, geoff_l...@mcafee.com wrote: It looks as though CVE-2014-0076 affects OpenSSL 0.9.8-based distributions as well, correct? Yes that's correct but we weren't planning on making any more 0.9.8 releases. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer

Re: CVE-2014-0076 and OpenSSL 0.9.8

2014-03-26 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 09:23:58PM +, geoff_l...@mcafee.com wrote: It looks as though CVE-2014-0076 affects OpenSSL 0.9.8-based distributions as well, correct? Isn't this an ECDSA issue? I thought that EC algorithms are by default disabled in OpenSSL 0.9.8 (require explicit ECCdraft

Re: CVE-2014-0076 and OpenSSL 0.9.8

2014-03-26 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 09:23:58PM +, geoff_l...@mcafee.com wrote: It looks as though CVE-2014-0076 affects OpenSSL 0.9.8-based distributions as well, correct? Isn't this an ECDSA issue? I thought that EC algorithms are by default

Re: CVE-2014-0076 and OpenSSL 0.9.8

2014-03-26 Thread mancha
Dr. Stephen Henson steve at openssl.org writes: On Wed, Mar 26, 2014, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: Perhaps given the number of post-0.9.8y commits pending on the OpenSSL_0_9_8-stable branch, one final z release could be issued, no more commits made after that, and plans to not make any further