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SUSE: 2015:0580-2 Critical: libxml2 Security Flaws and XML Parsing Risks

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Calendar Grey March 24, 2015
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The latest version of compat-openssl097g introduces essential patches addressing various security flaws in SUSE Linux Enterprise.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Summary

OpenSSL has been updated to fix various security issues: * CVE-2014-3568: The build option no-ssl3 was incomplete. * CVE-2014-3566: Support for TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV was added. * CVE-2014-3508: An information leak in pretty printing functions was fixed. * CVE-2013-0166: A OCSP bad key DoS attack was fixed. * CVE-2013-0169: An SSL/TLS CBC plaintext recovery attack was fixed. * CVE-2014-3470: Anonymous ECDH denial of service was fixed. * CVE-2014-0224: A SSL/TLS MITM vulnerability was fixed. * CVE-2014-3570: Bignum squaring (BN_sqr) may have produced incorrect results on some platforms, including x86_64. * CVE-2014-3572: Don't accept a handshake using an ephemeral ECDH ciphersuites with the server key exchange message omitted. * CVE-2014-8275: Fixed various certificate fingerprint issues. *

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service important ssl issue compat-openssl

References

#802184 #880891 #890764 #901223 #901277 #905106

#912014 #912015 #912018 #912293 #912296 #920236

#922488 #922496 #922499 #922500 #922501

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP Applications 11 SP2

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=802184

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880891

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890764

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901223

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901277

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905106

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912014

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912015

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912018

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912293

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0578-1
Rating: important

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security advisory denial of service important ssl issue compat-openssl

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