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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2022-1073-01 Critical OpenSSL Update

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Calendar Grey March 28, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle 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: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates (CVE-2022-0778)
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

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0778 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS):
Source: openssl-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: openssl-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.i686.rpm
s390x: openssl-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.s390.rpm openssl-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.s390x.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.s390.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.s390x.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.s390.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS):
i386: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.i686.rpm
s390x: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.s390x.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.s390x.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.x86_64.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.x86_64.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-60.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1073-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1073
Issue date: 2022-03-28

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Extended Lifecycle 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 update Red Hat critical important openssl infinite loop

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS) - i386, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS) - i386, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2062202 - CVE-2022-0778 openssl: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates

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