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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ELS: RHSA-2023-1438 Important OpenSSL Issue

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ELS, addressing memory allocation vulnerability.
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support

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 update Red Hat critical risk mitigation openSSL address 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 Server (v. 6 ELS):
Source: openssl-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: openssl-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686.rpm
s390x: openssl-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390.rpm openssl-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: openssl-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-devel-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS):
i386: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686.rpm
s390x: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64.rpm openssl-perl-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64.rpm openssl-static-1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1438-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1438
Issue date: 2023-03-23

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Extended Lifecycle Support.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 update Red Hat critical risk mitigation openSSL address confusion

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS) - i386, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS) - i386, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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