Issued:
2020-12-15
Updated:
2020-12-15

RHSA-2020:5476 - Important: openssl security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Important: openssl security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.

Security Fix(es):

  • openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference (CVE-2020-1971)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

  • Reject certificates with explicit EC parameters in strict mode (BZ#1891541)

  • Add FIPS selftest for HKDF, SSKDF, SSHKDF, and TLS12PRF; add DH_compute_key KAT to DH selftest (BZ#1891542)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

For the update to take effect, all services linked to the OpenSSL library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_648x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle8.10x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.4ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle8.10ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems8s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.8s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle8.10s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 648aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.8aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.6aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.4aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle8.10aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.4ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS8.4x86_64

Updated Packages

  • openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.src.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information