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SUSE: 2015:1181-2 Important: OpenSSL Addresses Logjam Threat

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Calendar Grey July 3, 2015
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SUSE Security Notification: Crucial OpenSSL update tackling several high-severity vulnerabilities. Ensure your systems are secure with the newest patches.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now a...

Summary

OpenSSL was updated to fix several security issues. * CVE-2015-4000: The Logjam Attack ( weakdh.org ) has been addressed by rejecting connections with DH parameters shorter than 1024 bits. We now also generate 2048-bit DH parameters by default. * CVE-2015-1788: Malformed ECParameters could cause an infinite loop. * CVE-2015-1789: An out-of-bounds read in X509_cmp_time was fixed. * CVE-2015-1790: A PKCS7 decoder crash with missing EnvelopedContent was fixed. * fixed a timing side channel in RSA decryption (bnc#929678) Additional changes: * In the default SSL cipher string EXPORT ciphers are now disabled. This will only get active if applications get rebuilt and actually use this string. (bnc#931698) Security Issues: * CVE-2015-1788

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References

#929678 #931698 #934487 #934489 #934491

Cross- CVE-2015-1788 CVE-2015-1789 CVE-2015-1790

CVE-2015-4000

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1788.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1789.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1790.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4000.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/929678

https://bugzilla.suse.com/931698

https://bugzilla.suse.com/934487

https://bugzilla.suse.com/934489

https://bugzilla.suse.com/934491

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1181-2
Rating: important

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