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Red Hat: RHSA-2023:1437-01 Critical: OpenSSL Type Confusion

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A critical patch for openssl has been released for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, impacting key operations.
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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 Red Hat critical important openssl management type confusion

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1):
Source: openssl-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64: openssl-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.aarch64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.aarch64.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.aarch64.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.aarch64.rpm openssl-libs-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.aarch64.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.aarch64.rpm openssl-perl-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: openssl-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm openssl-libs-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm openssl-perl-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: openssl-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.s390x.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.s390x.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.s390x.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.s390x.rpm openssl-libs-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.s390x.rpm openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.s390x.rpm openssl-perl-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.x86_64.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.i686.rpm openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.1.1c-6.el8_1.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1437-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1437
Issue date: 2023-03-23

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Update Services for SAP Solutions.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 Red Hat critical important openssl management type confusion

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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