Re: Oct 15 OpenBSD errata and LibreSSL releases

2015-10-27 Thread Ted Unangst
Constantine Aleksandrovich Murenin wrote: > So you confirm that using block scope in such scenario is the new best > practice now? I don't think it was ever not best practice; though whether people do it or not is a separate matter.

Re: Oct 15 OpenBSD errata and LibreSSL releases

2015-10-27 Thread Constantine Aleksandrovich Murenin
On 27 October 2015 at 00:02, Ted Unangst wrote: > Constantine Aleksandrovich Murenin wrote: >> As reported elsewhere (http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/87 via >> http://www.opennet.ru/43146), both of these errors were introduced as >> part of the refactoring. >> >> Quick glance through >> http:/

Re: Oct 15 OpenBSD errata and LibreSSL releases

2015-10-27 Thread Ted Unangst
Constantine Aleksandrovich Murenin wrote: > As reported elsewhere (http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/87 via > http://www.opennet.ru/43146), both of these errors were introduced as > part of the refactoring. > > Quick glance through > http://bxr.su/o/lib/libssl/src/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c#OBJ_ob

Re: Oct 15 OpenBSD errata and LibreSSL releases

2015-10-26 Thread Constantine Aleksandrovich Murenin
As reported elsewhere (http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/87 via http://www.opennet.ru/43146), both of these errors were introduced as part of the refactoring. Quick glance through http://bxr.su/o/lib/libssl/src/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c#OBJ_obj2txt indicates that the memory leak issue was introdu

Re: Oct 15 OpenBSD errata and LibreSSL releases

2015-10-16 Thread Ted Unangst
André Schneider wrote: > Hi, > > maybe i'm overlooking something, but in the rebuild and install > instructions, > shouldn't it say >cd /usr/src/lib/libcrypto > instead of >cd src/lib/libcrypto either or. maybe somebody has their src somewhere else.

Re: Oct 15 OpenBSD errata and LibreSSL releases

2015-10-16 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2015/10/16 18:34, Артур Истомин wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 08:29:25PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: > > The OBJ_obj2txt function in libcrypto contains a one byte buffer overrun > > and memory leak, as reported by Qualys Security. This can be abused by an > > attacker to cause a denial of servi

Re: Oct 15 OpenBSD errata and LibreSSL releases

2015-10-16 Thread Артур Истомин
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 08:29:25PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: > The OBJ_obj2txt function in libcrypto contains a one byte buffer overrun > and memory leak, as reported by Qualys Security. This can be abused by an > attacker to cause a denial of service in some cases. > > Patches are now available f

Re: Oct 15 OpenBSD errata and LibreSSL releases

2015-10-16 Thread André Schneider
Hi, maybe i'm overlooking something, but in the rebuild and install instructions, shouldn't it say cd /usr/src/lib/libcrypto instead of cd src/lib/libcrypto Best, André Schneider Am 16.10.2015 02:29 schrieb Ted Unangst: The OBJ_obj2txt function in libcrypto contains a one byte

Oct 15 OpenBSD errata and LibreSSL releases

2015-10-15 Thread Ted Unangst
The OBJ_obj2txt function in libcrypto contains a one byte buffer overrun and memory leak, as reported by Qualys Security. This can be abused by an attacker to cause a denial of service in some cases. Patches are now available for OpenBSD as well as new releases of LibreSSL portable. 5.6, 5.7, and