An openssl security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3.
RHSA-2020:5640-01: Important: openssl security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: openssl security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5640-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5640
Issue date: 2020-12-21
CVE Names: CVE-2020-1971
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1. Summary:
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
Advanced Update Support.
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 Server AUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3) - 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.
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 Server AUS (v. 7.3):
Source:
openssl-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.src.rpm
x86_64:
openssl-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-devel-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-devel-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-libs-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-libs-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3):
x86_64:
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-perl-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
openssl-static-1.0.1e-61.el7_3.i686.rpm
openssl-static-1.0.1e-61.el7_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/
Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
