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Red Hat: RHSA-2016:0305-01 Critical: OpenSSL DROWN Attack

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Calendar Grey March 1, 2016
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New OpenSSL updates released for Red Hat tackle critical security vulnerabilities, including a significant cross-protocol flaw. Ensure you upgrade immediately!
Updated openssl packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 and 7.1 Extended Update Support

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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.
A padding oracle flaw was found in the Secure Sockets Layer version 2.0 (SSLv2) protocol. An attacker can potentially use this flaw to decrypt RSA-encrypted cipher text from a connection using a newer SSL/TLS protocol version, allowing them to decrypt such connections. This cross-protocol attack is publicly referred to as DROWN. (CVE-2016-0800)
Note: This issue was addressed by disabling the SSLv2 protocol by default when using the 'SSLv23' connection methods, and removing support for weak SSLv2 cipher suites. For more information, refer to the knowledge base article linked to in the References section.
A flaw was found in the way malicious SSLv2 clients could negotiate SSLv2 ciphers that have been disabled on the server. This could result in weak SSLv2 ciphers being used for SSLv2 connections, making them vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2015-3197)
Red Hat would like to thank the OpenSSL project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Nimrod Aviram and Sebastian Schinzel as the original reporters.
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 must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3197 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0800 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://access.redhat.com/articles/2176731 https://drownattack.com/ https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20160128.txt https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6):
Source: openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.src.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.i686.rpm openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6):
x86_64: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.x86_64.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.x86_64.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):
Source: openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.src.rpm
i386: openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.i686.rpm
ppc64: openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.ppc.rpm openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.ppc64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.ppc.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.ppc64.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.ppc.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.ppc64.rpm
s390x: openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.s390.rpm openssl-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.s390x.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.s390.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.s390x.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6_6.12.s390.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0305-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2016-03-01

Topic

Updated openssl packages that fix two security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 and 7.1 Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1301846 - CVE-2015-3197 OpenSSL: SSLv2 doesn't block disabled ciphers1310593 - CVE-2016-0800 SSL/TLS: Cross-protocol attack on TLS using SSLv2 (DROWN)

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