Scientific Linux: 2014-0626-1 Critical OpenSSL Update for SL5 and SL6

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 14:47:39 +0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: openssl097a and openssl098e on SL5.x,
 SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Important: openssl097a and openssl098e security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:0626-1
Issue Date: 2014-06-05
CVE Numbers: CVE-2014-0224
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It was found that OpenSSL clients and servers could be forced, via a
specially crafted handshake packet, to use weak keying material for
communication. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to decrypt
and modify traffic between a client and a server. (CVE-2014-0224)

Note: In order to exploit this flaw, both the server and the client must
be using a vulnerable version of OpenSSL; the server must be using OpenSSL
version 1.0.1 and above, and the client must be using any version of
OpenSSL. For more information about this flaw, refer to:

For the update to take effect, all services linked to the OpenSSL library
(such as httpd and other SSL-enabled services) must be restarted or the
system rebooted.
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SL5
 x86_64
 openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
 openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm
 openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
 openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 openssl097a-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
 openssl097a-debuginfo-0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1.i386.rpm
SL6
 x86_64
 openssl098e-0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2.i686.rpm
 openssl098e-0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm
 openssl098e-debuginfo-0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2.i686.rpm
 openssl098e-debuginfo-0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 openssl098e-0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2.i686.rpm
 openssl098e-debuginfo-0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team