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SUSE: 2016:1360-1 Important: OpenSSL Buffer Overflow and Memory Issues

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2016
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Summary

This update for OpenSSL fixes the following security issues: * CVE-2016-2105: EVP_EncodeUpdate overflow (bsc#977614) * CVE-2016-2106: EVP_EncryptUpdate overflow (bsc#977615) * CVE-2016-2108: Memory corruption in the ASN.1 encoder (bsc#977617) * CVE-2016-2109: ASN.1 BIO excessive memory allocation (bsc#976942) * CVE-2016-0702: Side channel attack on modular exponentiation "CacheBleed" (bsc#968050) Additionally, the following non-security issues have been fixed: * Fix buffer overrun in ASN1_parse. (bsc#976943) * Allow weak DH groups. (bsc#973223) Security Issues: * CVE-2016-2105 * CVE-2016-2106 * CVE-2016-2108

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important openssl memory issues

References

#968050 #973223 #976942 #976943 #977614 #977615

#977617

Cross- CVE-2016-0702 CVE-2016-2105 CVE-2016-2106

CVE-2016-2108 CVE-2016-2109

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0702.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2105.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2106.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2108.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2109.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/968050

https://bugzilla.suse.com/973223

https://bugzilla.suse.com/976942

https://bugzilla.suse.com/976943

https://bugzilla.suse.com/977614

https://bugzilla.suse.com/977615

https://bugzilla.suse.com/977617

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1360-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important openssl memory issues

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