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RedHat: RHSA-2022-7288-01 Important: OpenSSL Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey November 1, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important patch available for openssl targeting critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Vital for safeguarding systems.
An update for openssl 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.
Security Fix(es):
* OpenSSL: X.509 Email Address Buffer Overflow (CVE-2022-3602)
* OpenSSL: X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow (CVE-2022-3786)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux openssl important advisory

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3602 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3786 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2022-004

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
aarch64: openssl-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.aarch64.rpm openssl-debugsource-3.0.1-43.el9_0.aarch64.rpm openssl-devel-3.0.1-43.el9_0.aarch64.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.aarch64.rpm openssl-perl-3.0.1-43.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: openssl-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm openssl-debugsource-3.0.1-43.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm openssl-devel-3.0.1-43.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm openssl-perl-3.0.1-43.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: openssl-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.s390x.rpm openssl-debugsource-3.0.1-43.el9_0.s390x.rpm openssl-devel-3.0.1-43.el9_0.s390x.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.s390x.rpm openssl-perl-3.0.1-43.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64: openssl-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.x86_64.rpm openssl-debugsource-3.0.1-43.el9_0.i686.rpm openssl-debugsource-3.0.1-43.el9_0.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-3.0.1-43.el9_0.i686.rpm openssl-devel-3.0.1-43.el9_0.x86_64.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.i686.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-3.0.1-43.el9_0.x86_64.rpm openssl-perl-3.0.1-43.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9):
Source: openssl-3.0.1-43.el9_0.src.rpm
aarch64: openssl-3.0.1-43.el9_0.aarch64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:7288-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7288
Issue date: 2022-11-01

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux openssl important advisory

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

2137723 - CVE-2022-3602 OpenSSL: X.509 Email Address Buffer Overflow

2139104 - CVE-2022-3786 OpenSSL: X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow

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