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Red Hat: RHSA-2014:0679 Important: OpenSSL DoS and Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2014
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Caution notice for Red Hat: enhanced openssl addresses several vulnerabilities affecting corporate infrastructures.
Updated openssl packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled invalid DTLS packet fragments. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on a DTLS client or server. (CVE-2014-0195)
Multiple flaws were found in the way OpenSSL handled read and write bufferswhen the SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS mode was enabled. A TLS/SSL client or server using OpenSSL could crash or unexpectedly drop connections when processing certain SSL traffic. (CVE-2010-5298, CVE-2014-0198)
A denial of service flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled certain DTLS ServerHello requests. A specially crafted DTLS handshake packet could cause a DTLS client using OpenSSL to crash. (CVE-2014-0221)
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way OpenSSL performed anonymous Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) key exchange. A specially crafted handshake packet could cause a TLS/SSL client that has the anonymous ECDH cipher suite enabled to crash. (CVE-2014-3470)
Red Hat would like to thank the OpenSSL project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges KIKUCHI Masashi of Lepidum as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0224, Jüri Aedla as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0195, Imre Rad of Search-Lab as the original reporter of CVE-2014-0221, and Felix Gröbert and Ivan Fratrić of Google as the original reporters of CVE-2014-3470.
All OpenSSL users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. 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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-5298 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0195 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0198 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0221 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0224 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3470 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 Client (v. 7):
Source: openssl-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.src.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: openssl-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.src.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-34.el7_0.3.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0679-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2014-06-10

Topic

Updated openssl packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingImportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1087195 - CVE-2010-5298 openssl: freelist misuse causing a possible use-after-free

1093837 - CVE-2014-0198 openssl: SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS NULL pointer dereference in do_ssl3_write()

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

1103593 - CVE-2014-0221 openssl: DoS when sending invalid DTLS handshake

1103598 - CVE-2014-0195 openssl: Buffer overflow via DTLS invalid fragment

1103600 - CVE-2014-3470 openssl: client-side denial of service when using anonymous ECDH

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