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SUSE: 2015:1182-2 Important: OpenSSL Security Issues Fixed

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Calendar Grey July 3, 2015
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This announcement covers various vulnerabilities linked to OpenSSL within SUSE environments, improving both security and reliability.
An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now...

Summary

OpenSSL 0.9.8k 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. 2048-bit DH parameters are now generated 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. * CVE-2015-1792: A CMS verification infinite loop when using an unknown hash function was fixed. * CVE-2015-1791: Fixed a race condition in NewSessionTicket creation. * CVE-2015-3216: Fixed a potential crash in ssleay_rand_bytes due to locking regression. * Fixed a timing side channel in RSA decryption. (bsc#929678) Additional changes:

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update OpenSSL important system patch SUSE

References

#879179 #929678 #931698 #933898 #933911 #934487

#934489 #934491 #934493

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

CVE-2015-1791 CVE-2015-1792 CVE-2015-3216

CVE-2015-4000

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

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-2015-1791.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1792.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3216.html

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1182-2
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update OpenSSL important system patch SUSE

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