Topic: OpenSSL 0.9.8k upgrade for Apache 2.2.x is available

[Steffen]

OpenSSL 0.9.8k has been released, it is as upgrade available at the download page www.apachelounge.com/download/

Three moderate severity security flaws have been fixed in OpenSSL 0.9.8k, see http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20090325.txt



Steffen

Changes between 0.9.8j and 0.9.8k

*) Don't set val to NULL when freeing up structures, it is freed up by
underlying code. If sizeof(void *) > sizeof(long) this can result in
zeroing past the valid field. (CVE-2009-0789)
[Paolo Ganci ]

*) Fix bug where return value of CMS_SignerInfo_verify_content() was not
checked correctly. This would allow some invalid signed attributes to
appear to verify correctly. (CVE-2009-0591)
[Ivan Nestlerode ]

*) Reject UniversalString and BMPString types with invalid lengths. This
prevents a crash in ASN1_STRING_print_ex() which assumes the strings have
a legal length. (CVE-2009-0590)
[Steve Henson]

*) Set S/MIME signing as the default purpose rather than setting it
unconditionally. This allows applications to override it at the store
level.
[Steve Henson]

*) Permit restricted recursion of ASN1 strings. This is needed in practice
to handle some structures.
[Steve Henson]

*) Improve efficiency of mem_gets: don't search whole buffer each time
for a '\n'
[Jeremy Shapiro]

*) New -hex option for openssl rand.
[Matthieu Herrb]

*) Print out UTF8String and NumericString when parsing ASN1.
[Steve Henson]

*) Support NumericString type for name components.
[Steve Henson]

*) Allow CC in the environment to override the automatically chosen
compiler. Note that nothing is done to ensure flags work with the
chosen compiler.
[Ben Laurie]