Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 764
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 764

openSUSE 15.5: 2023:4518-2 Critical OpenSSL Vulnerability Patch

opensuse
Calendar Grey November 21, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This crucial advisory enhancement for openssl-1_1 addresses vulnerabilities associated with Denial of Service due to overstretched key creation.
This update for openssl-1_1 fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-5678: Fixed generating and checking of excessively long X9.42 DH keys that resulted in a possible Denial of Service...

Description

This update for openssl-1_1 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-5678: Fixed generating and checking of excessively long X9.42 DH

keys that resulted in a possible Denial of Service (bsc#1216922).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update update OpenSSL important fix Denial of Service SUSE openssl DoS fix openSUSE

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4518=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4518=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2023-4518=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-4518=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* openssl-1_1-debugsource-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl1_1-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* openssl-1_1-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* openssl-1_1-debuginfo-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl1_1-debuginfo-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl-1_1-devel-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl1_1-hmac-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bit-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl1_1-32bit-debuginfo-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl1_1-32bit-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bit-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* openssl-1_1-doc-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libopenssl-1_1-devel-64bit-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl1_1-hmac-64bit-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl1_1-64bit-debuginfo-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* libopenssl1_1-64bit-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* openssl-1_1-debugsource-1.1.1l-150500.17.22.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1216922

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5678.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216922

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4518-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update update OpenSSL important fix Denial of Service SUSE openssl DoS fix openSUSE

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here