[Voyage-linux] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1571-1 openssl

Tom (spam-protected)
Mon May 19 17:41:36 HKT 2008


Hi Punky,
when I installed my soekris with release 0.4 I was surprised to not see
the security.debian.org already in place in sources.list file...
Have you planned to add it in new releases?
T.

Kim-man 'Punky' Tse wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> It is discovered that the random number generator in Debian's openssl 
> package is predictable. As a result, cryptographic key material may be 
> guessable.  This vulnerability affects the following Voyage Linux 
> release that were based on Debian Etch:
> 
>    * All 0.3 versions
>    * All 0.4 versions
>    * 0.5.0
> 
> You are strongly advised to perform the following procedures to update 
> Voyage of the above affected versions.
> 
> 1. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, add the line:
> 
>    deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main
> 
> 2. Run:
> 
>    # apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> Next, follows the information below to regenerate encryption keys and 
> detect comprised keys on your affected systems.
> 
>    * Debian Security Advisory DSA-1571-1 - 
> http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571
>    * SSLKeys on Debian Wiki - http://wiki.debian.org/SSLkeys
>    * Key Rollover - http://www.debian.org/security/key-rollover/
> 
> Regards,
> Punky
> 
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