Debian 7: DLA-1157-1 Critical Vulnerability in OpenSSL Buffer Overread
debian lts
November 9, 2017
A security vulnerability was discovered in OpenSSL, the Secure Sockets Layer toolkit
Topics Covered
Summary
A security vulnerability was discovered in OpenSSL, the Secure Sockets
Layer toolkit.
CVE-2017-3735
It was discovered that OpenSSL is prone to a one-byte buffer
overread while parsing a malformed IPAddressFamily extension in an
X.509 certificate.
Details can be found in the upstream advisory:
https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20170828.txt
For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
1.0.1t-1+deb7u3.
We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package: openssl
Version: 1.0.1t-1+deb7u3
CVE ID: CVE-2017-3735
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