An openssl security and bug fix update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
RHSA-2020:5476-01: Important: openssl security and bug fix update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: openssl security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5476-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5476
Issue date: 2020-12-15
CVE Names: CVE-2020-1971
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1. Summary:
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. 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)
4. 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.
5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1903409 - CVE-2020-1971 openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.src.rpm
aarch64:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.s390x.rpm
openssl-devel-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.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
openssl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-devel-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-libs-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.i686.rpm
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-perl-1.1.1g-12.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1971
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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