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Critical Advisory RHSA-2020-5639-01 for OpenSSL Null Pointer in RHEL 7.2

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Calendar Grey December 21, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security patch for openssl on RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.2 tackles significant vulnerabilities concerning assistance.
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support

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.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux threat OpenSSL important NULL pointer openssl important update EDIPARTYNAME

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1971 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2):
Source: openssl-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.src.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.x86_64.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.i686.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2):
x86_64: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.x86_64.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.x86_64.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.i686.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-52.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5639-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5639
Issue date: 2020-12-21

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2Advanced Update Support.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux threat OpenSSL important NULL pointer openssl important update EDIPARTYNAME

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1903409 - CVE-2020-1971 openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference

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