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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2023-1405-01 Important OpenSSL Update

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The recent OpenSSL upgrade is essential for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, focusing on vital security enhancements and bolstering system defenses.
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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)
* openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation (CVE-2022-4304)
* openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex (CVE-2022-4450)
* openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF (CVE-2023-0215)
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 update Red Hat security fix OpenSSL important update X.509 issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4304 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4450 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0215 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0286 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: openssl-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.src.rpm
aarch64: openssl-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm openssl-libs-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm openssl-perl-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: openssl-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm openssl-libs-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm openssl-perl-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: openssl-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm openssl-libs-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm openssl-perl-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.i686.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1k-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1405-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1405
Issue date: 2023-03-22

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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 security fix OpenSSL important update X.509 issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

2164487 - CVE-2022-4304 openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation

2164492 - CVE-2023-0215 openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF

2164494 - CVE-2022-4450 openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex

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