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SUSE 12-SP3 Moderate: Fixes for Timing Attacks in OpenSSL Security

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
Patch addresses OpenSSL concerns, particularly timing attack weaknesses within SUSE ecosystems, improving overall security posture.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for openssl fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-0734: Fixed timing vulnerability in DSA signature generation (bsc#1113652). - CVE-2018-5407: Fixed elliptic curve scalar multiplication timing attack defenses (bsc#1113534). - Add missing timing side channel patch for DSA signature generation (bsc#1113742). Non-security issues fixed: - Fixed infinite loop in DSA generation with incorrect parameters (bsc#1112209). 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 OpenStack Cloud 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-2760=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity timing attack SUSE openssl fix

References

#1112209 #1113534 #1113652 #1113742

Cross- CVE-2018-0734 CVE-2018-5407

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4

SUSE CaaS Platform ALL

SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0

OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0734.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5407.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1112209

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113534

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113652

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113742

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3866-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity timing attack SUSE openssl fix

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