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openSUSE 42.1: Important Security Update for Compat-OpenSSL098

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Calendar Grey May 11, 2016
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Essential openSUSE patch for compat-openssl098 addresses numerous security flaws and improves overall system performance.
An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now...

Description

This update for compat-openssl098 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2016-2108: Memory corruption in the ASN.1 encoder (bsc#977617)

- CVE-2016-2105: EVP_EncodeUpdate overflow (bsc#977614)

- CVE-2016-2106: EVP_EncryptUpdate overflow (bsc#977615)

- CVE-2016-2109: ASN.1 BIO excessive memory allocation (bsc#976942)

- CVE-2016-0702: Side channel attack on modular exponentiation

"CacheBleed" (bsc#968050)

- bsc#976943: Buffer overrun in ASN1_parse

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

- bsc#889013: Rename README.SuSE to the new spelling (bsc#889013)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overrun memory corruption openSUSE compat-openssl

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-575=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

compat-openssl098-debugsource-0.9.8j-12.2

libopenssl0_9_8-0.9.8j-12.2

libopenssl0_9_8-debuginfo-0.9.8j-12.2

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64):

libopenssl0_9_8-32bit-0.9.8j-12.2

libopenssl0_9_8-debuginfo-32bit-0.9.8j-12.2

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0702.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2105.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2106.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2108.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2109.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889013

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968050

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976942

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976943

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977614

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977615

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977617

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1273-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overrun memory corruption openSUSE compat-openssl

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