Is this bug "memory leak with mod_ssl and zlib compression (CVE-2008-1678) "
is resolved in openssl 0.9.8h

Please help

Thanks

Joshi

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Kyle Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> You would probably need a FIPS_mode_set(1) somewhere after the openssl
> library initialization, and it would be a good thing to never keep any
> keys in the clear.  As well, it would need to statically link to
> openssl 0.9.7m built with the fipscanister module.  (If it uses
> features specific to openssl 0.9.8, you cannot create a FIPS-validated
> version at this time.)
>
> This is not an openssh support list, and I have not looked at the
> openssh sources to see what else would need to be changed.
>
> You must ALWAYS follow the FIPS security policy when dealing with
> anything FIPS.  If the security policy says that some constraint must
> be met, that constraint must be met -- no matter how it impacts the
> function or even possibility of doing what you want.
>
> -Kyle H
>
> 2008/10/9 joshi chandran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am trying to make openssh compatible with the fips enabled openssl .
> can
> > anybody tell me what all changes i have make in openssh
> >
> > Please help
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Joshi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > problem was solved by updating openssl to the latest release 0.9.8i
> > (the one I used was 0.9.8a.) But I still don't know the root cause of
> > that aborting. Anyway, it works now.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Elven
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 01:21:08 -0700
> >> Subject: Re: how to enable debug mode of openssl
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> Hi Elven,
> >>
> >> I suggest try using ERR_print_errors (http://openssl.org/docs/crypto/
> >> ERR_print_errors.html#) to get an idea of what error you are getting.
> >> You can call it right after your call to PEM_read_bio_X509. It is most
> >> likely to be a problem with the certificate data that you are feeding
> >> to OpenSSL. Have you tried verifying that the data is valid?
> >>
> >> --- Kah
> >>
> >> On Oct 8, 2:46 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (曹飞) wrote:
> >> > I am using openssl in arm embedded platform. I want to support https,
> so
> >> > it will use openssl. But I have encouterd some problem. The
> application
> >> > aborted for some unknown reason. I tried to trace the problem and
> found the
> >> > it aborted on call "PEM_read_bio_X509" (ssl_rsa.c). And I can't t race
> deep
> >> > more.
> >>
> >> > >
> >> > > So is there any way to enable debug mode of openssl so that I can
> >> > > trace more deeply to find out the problem?
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks.
> >> > > Elven
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> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > Joshi Chandran
> >
>



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Regards
Joshi Chandran

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