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openSUSE Leap 15.4 SUSE-SU-2023:4649-1 Critical DoS in OpenSSL-3

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Urgent notice for openssl-3 concerning potential Denial of Service vulnerabilities. Ensure to implement the suggested installation procedures without delay.
This update for openssl-3 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-3 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).

Bug fixes:

* The default /etc/ssl/openssl3.cnf file will include any configuration files

that other packages might place into /etc/ssl/engines3.d/ and

/etc/ssl/engdef3.d/.

* Create the two new necessary directores for the above. [bsc#1194187,

bsc#1207472]

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical software update patch opensuse openssl-3

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-15.4-2023-4649=1 SUSE-2023-4649=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4649=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4649=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4649=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4649=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-4649=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-4649=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-4649=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* openssl-3-debugsource-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* libopenssl3-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* libopenssl3-debuginfo-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* openssl-3-debuginfo-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* libopenssl-3-devel-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* openssl-3-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* libopenssl-3-devel-32bit-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* libopenssl3-32bit-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* libopenssl3-32bit-debuginfo-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* openssl-3-doc-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libopenssl-3-devel-64bit-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* libopenssl3-64bit-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* libopenssl3-64bit-debuginfo-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libopenssl3-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* libopenssl3-debuginfo-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* openssl-3-debugsource-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libopenssl3-3.0.8-150400.4.42.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1194187

* bsc#1207472

* bsc#1216922

## References:

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194187

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207472

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4649-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

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