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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2014:0626-01 Important OpenSSL MitM Threat

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Essential security patch released for Red Hat OpenSSL packages addressing SSL/TLS man-in-the-middle vulnerabilities. Update immediately to safeguard your systems.
Updated openssl097a and openssl098e packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 respectively

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols, as well as a full-strength, general purpose cryptography library.
It was found that OpenSSL clients and servers could be forced, via a specially crafted handshake packet, to use weak keying material for communication. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to decrypt and modify traffic between a client and a server. (CVE-2014-0224)
Note: In order to exploit this flaw, both the server and the client must be using a vulnerable version of OpenSSL; the server must be using OpenSSL version 1.0.1 and above, and the client must be using any version of OpenSSL. For more information about this flaw, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/904433
Red Hat would like to thank the OpenSSL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges KIKUCHI Masashi of Lepidum as the original reporter of this issue.
All OpenSSL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. For the update to take effect, all services linked to the OpenSSL library (such as httpd and other SSL-enabled services) must be restarted or the system rebooted.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0224 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/904433 https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/905793

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.src.rpm
i386: openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.src.rpm
i386: openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
ia64: openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.ppc64.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.ppc.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x: openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.s390.rpm openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.s390.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0626-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0626.html
Issue date: 2014-06-05

Topic

Updated openssl097a and openssl098e packages that fix one security issueare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 respectively.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingImportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat OpenSSL SSL issue important update protocol security

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1103586 - CVE-2014-0224 openssl: SSL/TLS MITM vulnerability

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