Issued:
2024-01-10
Updated:
2024-01-10

RHSA-2024:0154 - Low: openssl security update

Synopsis

Low: openssl security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Low

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. 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: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446)

  • OpenSSL: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value (CVE-2023-3817)

  • openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow (CVE-2023-5678)

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):

  • openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value (JIRA:RHEL-14238)

  • openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (JIRA:RHEL-14244)

  • openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow (JIRA:RHEL-16537)

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_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.8s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.8aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.8x86_64

Updated Packages

  • openssl-devel-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-devel-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-perl-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-libs-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-perl-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-devel-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.src.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-devel-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-devel-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686.rpm
  • openssl-perl-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
  • openssl-perl-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
  • openssl-debugsource-1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information