Hi,

On 02/06/2013 11:49 AM, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
> Package: polarssl Severity: serious Tags: security
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Nadhem Alfardan and Kenny Paterson have discovered a weakness in
> the handling of CBC ciphersuites in SSL, TLS and DTLS. Their attack
> exploits timing differences arising during MAC processing. Details
> of this attack can be found at: http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/tls/
> 
> The problems are addressed in PolarSSL 1.2.5: 
> https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.5-released
> 
> The generic protocol issue has been assigned CVE name
> CVE-2013-0169. The specific fix in PolarSSL is known as
> CVE-2013-1621 and CVE-2013-1622. Please mention these identifiers
> in the changelog.
> 
> Can you see to it that this issue is addressed in unstable and
> testing? And are you available to create an update for
> stable-security?

Thanks for the report!

I will be able to upload fixes tonight.

Roland


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