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Gentoo: GLSA-202004-10 Normal: OpenSSL Multiple Issues Affecting Users

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Calendar Grey April 23, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical OpenSSL flaws pose risks for Gentoo users. Urgent patch required to prevent service interruptions. Take action now!
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in OpenSSL, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo multiple issues openssl normal severity

Resolution

All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-1.1.1g"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-1551 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1551 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-1967 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1967

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-10
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 23, 2020
Bugs: #702176, #717442
ID: 202004-10

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in OpenSSL, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1/v1.1/v1.2/v1.3) as well as a general purpose cryptography library.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/openssl < 1.1.1g >= 1.1.1g

Impact

===== A remote attacker could perform a malicious crafted TLS 1.3 handshake against an application using OpenSSL, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. In addition, it's feasible that an attacker might attack DH512.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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