Issued:
2012-01-24
Updated:
2012-01-24

RHSA-2012:0060 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: openssl security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

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

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

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 discovered that the Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
protocol implementation in OpenSSL leaked timing information when
performing certain operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this
flaw to retrieve plain text from the encrypted packets by using a DTLS
server as a padding oracle. (CVE-2011-4108)

A double free flaw was discovered in the policy checking code in OpenSSL.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash an application that uses
OpenSSL by providing an X.509 certificate that has specially-crafted
policy extension data. (CVE-2011-4109)

An information leak flaw was found in the SSL 3.0 protocol implementation
in OpenSSL. Incorrect initialization of SSL record padding bytes could
cause an SSL client or server to send a limited amount of possibly
sensitive data to its SSL peer via the encrypted connection.
(CVE-2011-4576)

It was discovered that OpenSSL did not limit the number of TLS/SSL
handshake restarts required to support Server Gated Cryptography. A remote
attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server using OpenSSL consume
an excessive amount of CPU by continuously restarting the handshake.
(CVE-2011-4619)

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 all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 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 Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 771770 - CVE-2011-4108 openssl: DTLS plaintext recovery attack
  • BZ - 771771 - CVE-2011-4109 openssl: double-free in policy checks
  • BZ - 771775 - CVE-2011-4576 openssl: uninitialized SSL 3.0 padding
  • BZ - 771780 - CVE-2011-4619 openssl: SGC restart DoS attack

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e53d259c599134d483835b1ce0b666326874181fb2bd654779004dfc63b38c7d
x86_64
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: becfda6218f8acb930219f7a445af294ade941e906240c45c21ce6c644885d20
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6acb665ab933b9883845e058ac2561fa8ff84c77fbbb7183d5e1439ad1f7cd2b
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38d0e7e39ed60e3acea015df9e95d39d7440bc342c3cbbef092f2d43cd827884
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cfc45eddb6e3d80bf86a636bdba6ace072d30fb69bf87a31788006b8ad1b8196
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cb54f5d5e39d31596567a519f6184f1e8ed002b97e99ca9f30fc2b2db1c55a12
ia64
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: becfda6218f8acb930219f7a445af294ade941e906240c45c21ce6c644885d20
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 5adf4a8a37b927f6bc0037ddf281632eaf197032bdc9a05b57040ea15762eab3
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 36d60864699035c2745e2b9b7883ed6ff945bc0d85e6ac916b7dc03f2c81e7af
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: d9f2c31b15a2d85d25e4e97ad63a325e9ddcfc616a5e44a641b5ae81a8cdd603
i386
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1124083e07816ed2b7c19f4e3f4e7079d52d2c927b71d6c4ba410af6a8607763
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: becfda6218f8acb930219f7a445af294ade941e906240c45c21ce6c644885d20
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38d0e7e39ed60e3acea015df9e95d39d7440bc342c3cbbef092f2d43cd827884
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7781dbf57cbab8ecf48ab36c55ae6c708ce674558775028bf91ec0095625e30c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e53d259c599134d483835b1ce0b666326874181fb2bd654779004dfc63b38c7d
x86_64
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: becfda6218f8acb930219f7a445af294ade941e906240c45c21ce6c644885d20
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6acb665ab933b9883845e058ac2561fa8ff84c77fbbb7183d5e1439ad1f7cd2b
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38d0e7e39ed60e3acea015df9e95d39d7440bc342c3cbbef092f2d43cd827884
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cfc45eddb6e3d80bf86a636bdba6ace072d30fb69bf87a31788006b8ad1b8196
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cb54f5d5e39d31596567a519f6184f1e8ed002b97e99ca9f30fc2b2db1c55a12
i386
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1124083e07816ed2b7c19f4e3f4e7079d52d2c927b71d6c4ba410af6a8607763
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: becfda6218f8acb930219f7a445af294ade941e906240c45c21ce6c644885d20
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38d0e7e39ed60e3acea015df9e95d39d7440bc342c3cbbef092f2d43cd827884
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7781dbf57cbab8ecf48ab36c55ae6c708ce674558775028bf91ec0095625e30c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e53d259c599134d483835b1ce0b666326874181fb2bd654779004dfc63b38c7d
x86_64
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: becfda6218f8acb930219f7a445af294ade941e906240c45c21ce6c644885d20
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6acb665ab933b9883845e058ac2561fa8ff84c77fbbb7183d5e1439ad1f7cd2b
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cb54f5d5e39d31596567a519f6184f1e8ed002b97e99ca9f30fc2b2db1c55a12
i386
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1124083e07816ed2b7c19f4e3f4e7079d52d2c927b71d6c4ba410af6a8607763
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: becfda6218f8acb930219f7a445af294ade941e906240c45c21ce6c644885d20
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7781dbf57cbab8ecf48ab36c55ae6c708ce674558775028bf91ec0095625e30c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e53d259c599134d483835b1ce0b666326874181fb2bd654779004dfc63b38c7d
s390x
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: f5ad0ca7769de156e862c74c5ef4c31ba16e73a456ad221fb358805ad4ff6a7e
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 52249cb6fce1843c79d863a5bf0d2788cd51d64d48893d90152f356f5655e3c0
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: f5dd76cf8100397f8b51febc141dd2bbf6c755d748cb4ee70ea3c030f8c00c93
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bd127b0b12fa63ef31a05a8613416f892c53b9e20891485d95c0769ee22ca39f
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8e0107a44a819b1e5be992c19d088835b7c57e150bcdac3be64438d572aa9aa5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e53d259c599134d483835b1ce0b666326874181fb2bd654779004dfc63b38c7d
ppc
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: b119799041baf0bdd05c889fd05d78359db21eaab0d0181353a78ad2e540aef1
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 0f92a2780d881e27397532bebb683db087b5af69a9ef6e21cb355008277ff23c
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: aba34c39a507e388f29f9c0640766884212dba9963b2b8be44e1acdb61085db5
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: cb779b097a9b9c1ce3c55f3e4dea3357c92bd99a401242cb27b97aca10736874
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ba0d4e0acd8ebff0599c3b172d01d35d2e554af5e9f129a399a7b9c4722971d6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: e53d259c599134d483835b1ce0b666326874181fb2bd654779004dfc63b38c7d
x86_64
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: becfda6218f8acb930219f7a445af294ade941e906240c45c21ce6c644885d20
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6acb665ab933b9883845e058ac2561fa8ff84c77fbbb7183d5e1439ad1f7cd2b
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38d0e7e39ed60e3acea015df9e95d39d7440bc342c3cbbef092f2d43cd827884
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cfc45eddb6e3d80bf86a636bdba6ace072d30fb69bf87a31788006b8ad1b8196
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: cb54f5d5e39d31596567a519f6184f1e8ed002b97e99ca9f30fc2b2db1c55a12
i386
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1124083e07816ed2b7c19f4e3f4e7079d52d2c927b71d6c4ba410af6a8607763
openssl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: becfda6218f8acb930219f7a445af294ade941e906240c45c21ce6c644885d20
openssl-devel-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 38d0e7e39ed60e3acea015df9e95d39d7440bc342c3cbbef092f2d43cd827884
openssl-perl-0.9.8e-20.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 7781dbf57cbab8ecf48ab36c55ae6c708ce674558775028bf91ec0095625e30c

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