Mageia alert MGASA-2013-0318 (dropbear)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2013-0318: Updated dropbear packages fix CVE-2013-4421 
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Fri, 25 Oct 2013 23:10:28 +0200
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MGASA-2013-0318 - Updated dropbear packages fix CVE-2013-4421

Publication date: 25 Oct 2013
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0318.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 2, 3
CVE: CVE-2013-4421,
     CVE-2013-4434

Description:
Updated dropbear package fixes security vulnerability:

Possible memory exhaustion denial of service due to the size of
decompressed payloads in dropbear before 2013.59 (CVE-2013-4421).

Inconsistent delays in authorization failures could be used to
disclose the existence of valid user accounts in dropbear before
2013.59 (CVE-2013-4434).

References:
- https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/CHANGES
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/11/4
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11442
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4421
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4434

SRPMS:
- 3/core/dropbear-2013.59-1.mga3
- 2/core/dropbear-2013.59-1.mga2