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openSUSE 15.4: SUSE-SU-2023:4524-1 critical: OpenSSL DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2023
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This critical patch addresses a Denial of Service vulnerability in openssl-1_1, significantly improving system safety.
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).

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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 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4524=1 SUSE-2023-4524=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-4524=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-4524=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4524=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4524=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4524=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4524=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-4524=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libopenssl1_1-hmac-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* openssl-1_1-debuginfo-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* libopenssl-1_1-devel-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* openssl-1_1-debugsource-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* libopenssl1_1-debuginfo-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* openssl-1_1-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* libopenssl1_1-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* libopenssl1_1-32bit-debuginfo-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bit-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bit-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* libopenssl1_1-32bit-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* openssl-1_1-doc-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libopenssl1_1-64bit-debuginfo-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* libopenssl1_1-64bit-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* libopenssl1_1-hmac-64bit-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* libopenssl-1_1-devel-64bit-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64)

* libopenssl1_1-hmac-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

* openssl-1_1-debuginfo-1.1.1l-150400.7.60.2

*...

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4524-1
Rating: important

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