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Gentoo: GLSA-202210-02 Normal: OpenSSL Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey October 16, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several weaknesses found in OpenSSL may lead to denial of service; ensure your systems are updated to safeguard against security risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

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 security update gentoo openssl multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Resolution

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

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-1968 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1968 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-3711 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3711 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-3712 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3712 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-4160 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4160 [ 5 ] CVE-2022-0778 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0778 [ 6 ] CVE-2022-1292 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1292 [ 7 ] CVE-2022-1473 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1473 [ 8 ] CVE-2022-2097 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2097

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-02
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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: October 16, 2022
Bugs: #741570, #809980, #832339, #835343, #842489, #856592
ID: 202210-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update gentoo openssl multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

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

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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