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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2023-1335 Important: OpenSSL Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 20, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A critical OpenSSL patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 resolves significant vulnerabilities with comprehensive severity assessments.
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286)
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 update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important openssl Linux update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0286 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: openssl-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-static-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-static-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: openssl-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-libs-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openssl-static-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.i686.rpm openssl-static-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64.rpm


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Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1335-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1335
Issue date: 2023-03-20

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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 security issue update Red Hat Enterprise Linux important openssl Linux update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2164440 - CVE-2023-0286 openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName

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