Issued:
2010-01-19
Updated:
2010-01-19

RHSA-2010:0054 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: openssl security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

Updated openssl packages that fix two security issues are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3)
and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols, as well as a
full-strength, general purpose cryptography library.

It was found that the OpenSSL library did not properly re-initialize its
internal state in the SSL_library_init() function after previous calls to
the CRYPTO_cleanup_all_ex_data() function, which would cause a memory leak
for each subsequent SSL connection. This flaw could cause server
applications that call those functions during reload, such as a combination
of the Apache HTTP Server, mod_ssl, PHP, and cURL, to consume all available
memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2009-4355)

Dan Kaminsky found that browsers could accept certificates with MD2 hash
signatures, even though MD2 is no longer considered a cryptographically
strong algorithm. This could make it easier for an attacker to create a
malicious certificate that would be treated as trusted by a browser.
OpenSSL now disables the use of the MD2 algorithm inside signatures by
default. (CVE-2009-2409)

All OpenSSL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to resolve these issues. For the update to take effect,
all services linked to the OpenSSL library must be restarted, or the system
rebooted.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 510197 - CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation (Kaminsky)
  • BZ - 546707 - CVE-2009-4355 openssl significant memory leak in certain SSLv3 requests (DoS)

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: aac678d7d6465200fd85cf6fc978cb13a626d7be9f012cfee6fd5180e480a63e
x86_64
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b47422315508eed9e87dfdc0031a8b62c3edb031211a626ecccf83a48383cc87
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a8c1d15703d4f242c7e6fd4308c629f356228e225808bcb1c98d39e7296aa1f5
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 84dc4a4c29dc544cdf4932db8866b66e21d2910c8df414dcea118b1bd0095a96
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 446af03bf1fe61df6fc873efa767e506bfcbbf5e4095cfe56f6ee24221dcee2b
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 205c0a420867340c4cebc4860f246026123d5be9a3cbf1430f796f173dfd2e79
ia64
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b47422315508eed9e87dfdc0031a8b62c3edb031211a626ecccf83a48383cc87
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 88ea072e214b6349919277d3da457948441e548734c59b96fc308fee2fb1fb34
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 559d7bd54ae1b01551d107ab29267dc804b5a354750ec068b75346d8566816d7
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 2f2c8d5f779b30a604a1bad0404e6907f255c41797f19b786ec0df2abec8be88
i386
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3309871ce23a25ddd7b82a920f873e0a4b1b1d37cff4af92f8169ca06be09ce8
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b47422315508eed9e87dfdc0031a8b62c3edb031211a626ecccf83a48383cc87
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 84dc4a4c29dc544cdf4932db8866b66e21d2910c8df414dcea118b1bd0095a96
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 12ea622c361052694e842aa848e70d45c8561bb660568531d273dd69a0e25915

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: aac678d7d6465200fd85cf6fc978cb13a626d7be9f012cfee6fd5180e480a63e
x86_64
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b47422315508eed9e87dfdc0031a8b62c3edb031211a626ecccf83a48383cc87
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a8c1d15703d4f242c7e6fd4308c629f356228e225808bcb1c98d39e7296aa1f5
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 84dc4a4c29dc544cdf4932db8866b66e21d2910c8df414dcea118b1bd0095a96
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 446af03bf1fe61df6fc873efa767e506bfcbbf5e4095cfe56f6ee24221dcee2b
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 205c0a420867340c4cebc4860f246026123d5be9a3cbf1430f796f173dfd2e79
i386
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3309871ce23a25ddd7b82a920f873e0a4b1b1d37cff4af92f8169ca06be09ce8
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b47422315508eed9e87dfdc0031a8b62c3edb031211a626ecccf83a48383cc87
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 84dc4a4c29dc544cdf4932db8866b66e21d2910c8df414dcea118b1bd0095a96
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 12ea622c361052694e842aa848e70d45c8561bb660568531d273dd69a0e25915

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: aac678d7d6465200fd85cf6fc978cb13a626d7be9f012cfee6fd5180e480a63e
x86_64
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b47422315508eed9e87dfdc0031a8b62c3edb031211a626ecccf83a48383cc87
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a8c1d15703d4f242c7e6fd4308c629f356228e225808bcb1c98d39e7296aa1f5
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 205c0a420867340c4cebc4860f246026123d5be9a3cbf1430f796f173dfd2e79
i386
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3309871ce23a25ddd7b82a920f873e0a4b1b1d37cff4af92f8169ca06be09ce8
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b47422315508eed9e87dfdc0031a8b62c3edb031211a626ecccf83a48383cc87
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 12ea622c361052694e842aa848e70d45c8561bb660568531d273dd69a0e25915

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: aac678d7d6465200fd85cf6fc978cb13a626d7be9f012cfee6fd5180e480a63e
s390x
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 943f4f96380a95ae9e63f579aef6f7740b96d8871e0eb757d676aade2e1e2d1a
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3ee80352b568458df1b2e7e7eb31c2d7c24fc8eb243e22b1e973998bda33ded4
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 30ab645d839df2b3c3cfdfb45aa0e5a38866e5c4b98cb5db78a390c51777085d
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0a6683d1683208a8d59638d58a25d23807895d443bce6adc5b915caea92109cd
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a3a8f408944c9033f375f6536879dadb5688e38fcd3eb8ad439889657564b6c9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: aac678d7d6465200fd85cf6fc978cb13a626d7be9f012cfee6fd5180e480a63e
ppc
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 8b7bfcfd12b5d0cbf5473e16d329bf2e59b8f0868429a3b16e81089ea54c22c7
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: f65f67c09864db876ab70ca530baf17a770a40ecd93c514940038c5943f182d0
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: da59ef5e8e75152f66599a39fc71dae3dcd805fb602c99f37d02cb495f801506
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 865f069b32955cab51e8e873de3cc8352007e8f6db34e527e87a6927faf8dd9a
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 9415969daf152eb0fd116bda2668c4801d37f0608a14df046480efad0fa63ea4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: aac678d7d6465200fd85cf6fc978cb13a626d7be9f012cfee6fd5180e480a63e
x86_64
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b47422315508eed9e87dfdc0031a8b62c3edb031211a626ecccf83a48383cc87
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a8c1d15703d4f242c7e6fd4308c629f356228e225808bcb1c98d39e7296aa1f5
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 84dc4a4c29dc544cdf4932db8866b66e21d2910c8df414dcea118b1bd0095a96
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 446af03bf1fe61df6fc873efa767e506bfcbbf5e4095cfe56f6ee24221dcee2b
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 205c0a420867340c4cebc4860f246026123d5be9a3cbf1430f796f173dfd2e79
i386
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 3309871ce23a25ddd7b82a920f873e0a4b1b1d37cff4af92f8169ca06be09ce8
openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b47422315508eed9e87dfdc0031a8b62c3edb031211a626ecccf83a48383cc87
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 84dc4a4c29dc544cdf4932db8866b66e21d2910c8df414dcea118b1bd0095a96
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 12ea622c361052694e842aa848e70d45c8561bb660568531d273dd69a0e25915

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.