RedHat: RHSA-2020-5476:01 Important: openssl security and bug fix update
Summary
OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and
Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength
general-purpose cryptography library.
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference (CVE-2020-1971)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* Reject certificates with explicit EC parameters in strict mode
(BZ#1891541)
* Add FIPS selftest for HKDF, SSKDF, SSHKDF, and TLS12PRF; add
DH_compute_key KAT to DH selftest (BZ#1891542)
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
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-2020-1971 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.src.rpm
aarch64:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
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details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1903409 - CVE-2020-1971 openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference