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SUSE: 2018:2492-1 Moderate: OpenSSL RSA Key Generation Issue

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Notice: Critical openssl patch to resolve RSA key creation vulnerabilities and reduce risks of exploitations.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for openssl fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2018-0737: The RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could have recovered the private key (bsc#1089039). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-1752=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-1752=1 Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate attack SUSE openssl RSA Key Generation cache timing

References

#1089039

Cross- CVE-2018-0737

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0737.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089039

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2492-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate attack SUSE openssl RSA Key Generation cache timing

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