An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: openssl security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2020:5640-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5640
Issue date:        2020-12-21
CVE Names:         CVE-2020-1971 
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1. Summary:

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
Advanced Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64

3. Description:

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.

4. 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.

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

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

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3):

Source:
openssl-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.src.rpm

x86_64:
openssl-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-devel-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-devel-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-libs-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-libs-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3):

x86_64:
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-perl-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-static-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-static-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

7. References:

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

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
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