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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: RHSA-2022-4899-01 Important: OpenSSL Bug Fix

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Significant compat-openssl11 security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 introduces vital bug resolutions and addresses pressing issues.
An update for compat-openssl11 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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. compat-openssl11 provides the legacy 1.1 version of OpenSSL for use with older binaries.
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* compat-openssl11 breaks in FIPS (BZ#2091968)

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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix Red Hat Enterprise critical severity infinite loop important update openssl issue

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source: compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.src.rpm
aarch64: compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.aarch64.rpm compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.aarch64.rpm compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.s390x.rpm compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.s390x.rpm compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64: compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.i686.rpm compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.x86_64.rpm compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.i686.rpm compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.x86_64.rpm compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.i686.rpm compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:4899-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4899
Issue date: 2022-06-03

Topic

An update for compat-openssl11 is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 9.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 bug fix Red Hat Enterprise critical severity infinite loop important update openssl issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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