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openSUSE 15.2: 2020:2236-1 Important: OpenSSL Null Pointer Issue

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This release tackles a crucial vulnerability in openssl-1_0_0, improving the overall security posture of the system.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has 6 fixes is now available

Description

This update for openssl-1_0_0 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-1971: Fixed a null pointer dereference in EDIPARTYNAME

(bsc#1179491).

- Initialized dh->nid to NID_undef in DH_new_method() (bsc#1177673).

- Fixed a test failure in apache_ssl in fips mode (bsc#1177793).

- Renamed BN_get_rfc3526_prime_* functions back to get_rfc3526_prime_*

(bsc#1177575).

- Restored private key check in EC_KEY_check_key (bsc#1177479).

- Added shared secret KAT to FIPS DH selftest (bsc#1176029).

- Included ECDH/DH Requirements from SP800-56Arev3 (bsc#1176029).

- Used SHA-2 in the RSA pairwise consistency check (bsc#1155346)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-2236=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl10-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl10-debuginfo-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-debuginfo-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-steam-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-steam-debuginfo-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

openssl-1_0_0-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

openssl-1_0_0-cavs-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

openssl-1_0_0-cavs-debuginfo-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

openssl-1_0_0-debuginfo-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

openssl-1_0_0-debugsource-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

openssl-1_0_0-doc-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bit-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-32bit-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-32bit-debuginfo-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bit-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bit-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bit-debuginfo-1.0.2p-lp152.8.9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1971.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1155346

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176029

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177479

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177575

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177673

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177793

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179491

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2236-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 able.

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