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Debian: DSA-5532-1 Critical OpenSSL Cipher Key and IV Processing Issue

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2023
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Debian DSA-5532-1 addresses critical vulnerabilities in OpenSSL related to cipher key and IV management, which can jeopardize data confidentiality.
Tony Battersby reported that incorrect cipher key and IV length processing in OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit, may result in loss of confidentiality for some symmetric ciph...
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Summary

Additional details can be found in the upstream advisory:
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20231024.txt

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.0.11-1~deb12u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages.

For the detailed security status of openssl please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openssl

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: openssl
CVE ID: CVE-2023-5363

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