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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:5422 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2020-12-15
Updated:
2020-12-15

RHSA-2020:5422 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: openssl security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended 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.

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.

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1903409 - CVE-2020-1971 openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference

CVEs

  • CVE-2020-1971

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: b4c6cc4843b9334c1c3e955ac75eadbca62e13ee843a19c9442013a9a1155c9f
x86_64
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ea0562c33faf286ea4358cd22558ae5bb926041a2b1325dbcf5e2b484c46abe
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e92d18df434d6f41b215717407a871b9490a2be1ce095dd6082d21fd9b9f33fb
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e93332188320095c376c6aab570529a134d2455dcda21508475519804e5c913b
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2a402c7cfc30b17221886346fe05728280da13f761ffcecea8b0bbab17c9affa
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: aae2fc23d4685e1ce711b0cff1a4cde6e288f2969f37496aa5ac8120294e890a
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: ebab55d7f45da2996a42f999838324c9cb2e4f576e6013147e7e727299322b89
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a4db9432cfad86a3fe917979ddfc7e5e6787c84018e5ad19091f575e798e8f91
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5daa056b51ed6475951a7cf6367bf4f6593a7534053fcd8f24c8d3b5918d9a0f
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9282d640baebb7ce2242ae98819cadb355ecbd2750820ae47e2193f456fa67fc
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: afa36556e8a92392343bcce77a2a2cdd5b8622152d7240060ec323e79e881afb
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c034b2aa4e5d25af59c377401bb61a92897e8d440d2316991a9a7fef2757cf2d
openssl-perl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9122a621b992905ece559db8d366cf2d61cf5e17b982b4f8cab0e090775ec899

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2

SRPM
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: b4c6cc4843b9334c1c3e955ac75eadbca62e13ee843a19c9442013a9a1155c9f
x86_64
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ea0562c33faf286ea4358cd22558ae5bb926041a2b1325dbcf5e2b484c46abe
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e92d18df434d6f41b215717407a871b9490a2be1ce095dd6082d21fd9b9f33fb
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e93332188320095c376c6aab570529a134d2455dcda21508475519804e5c913b
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2a402c7cfc30b17221886346fe05728280da13f761ffcecea8b0bbab17c9affa
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: aae2fc23d4685e1ce711b0cff1a4cde6e288f2969f37496aa5ac8120294e890a
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: ebab55d7f45da2996a42f999838324c9cb2e4f576e6013147e7e727299322b89
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a4db9432cfad86a3fe917979ddfc7e5e6787c84018e5ad19091f575e798e8f91
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5daa056b51ed6475951a7cf6367bf4f6593a7534053fcd8f24c8d3b5918d9a0f
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9282d640baebb7ce2242ae98819cadb355ecbd2750820ae47e2193f456fa67fc
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: afa36556e8a92392343bcce77a2a2cdd5b8622152d7240060ec323e79e881afb
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c034b2aa4e5d25af59c377401bb61a92897e8d440d2316991a9a7fef2757cf2d
openssl-perl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9122a621b992905ece559db8d366cf2d61cf5e17b982b4f8cab0e090775ec899

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: b4c6cc4843b9334c1c3e955ac75eadbca62e13ee843a19c9442013a9a1155c9f
s390x
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d3437910c59a33b612ffb0a16a0c2ac06be985871f546ed35e8ad5434484feba
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a0a478a6a24014592a561d93c4e79c537c3ddb991cb3e0e96bca5be0d609a138
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9defa1a713ee58c7e140919d0f49eb698efbacdd0a3432bf83a32a95b26b7808
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5ed04956e8a8fb8015493d807ed81b2dde26b6a6867db9961e73c66fd1ad2ac4
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7a108268cbbc0c473c7d62709068c72ef933cc85789b8be49e252c62c571c376
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fa02ff8b809f85187eb6dce79214f07af80a4432c4bc910b5e8e7182f56b5409
openssl-perl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3a790ddc9ee988f8d2f8608ce5cdb05adf98ebcd1de74f9251e1e687de67b311

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: b4c6cc4843b9334c1c3e955ac75eadbca62e13ee843a19c9442013a9a1155c9f
ppc64le
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a57d1db9b3d66318f75768c2eafb1c1e0cf51e01551b57ab5d82ee2c84158325
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9d3480e3a144edadcb486169641fbd853616a58c5c636deeda7531a168f25b6a
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 17be0318b7a030b88bf6874afa1aeb41e08d65319058545136f73857c65b87ef
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 151bfa0b5f5bac39f7f8e31bbc3dec4bdb2df25604dae9e7abb77f0224edc611
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e953f1584772c774ebbfea515b095f4f96efd6d0827268cc0569b98297a979f8
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: df7eb6d48b30aaff708b9c71ef0a245d21220efc190f25ee11558a0c393a3b67
openssl-perl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1a6ac9ea0285680923de5c48c440a835200a94733f3aa6e883363e51081ade0d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2

SRPM
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: b4c6cc4843b9334c1c3e955ac75eadbca62e13ee843a19c9442013a9a1155c9f
x86_64
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ea0562c33faf286ea4358cd22558ae5bb926041a2b1325dbcf5e2b484c46abe
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e92d18df434d6f41b215717407a871b9490a2be1ce095dd6082d21fd9b9f33fb
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e93332188320095c376c6aab570529a134d2455dcda21508475519804e5c913b
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2a402c7cfc30b17221886346fe05728280da13f761ffcecea8b0bbab17c9affa
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: aae2fc23d4685e1ce711b0cff1a4cde6e288f2969f37496aa5ac8120294e890a
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: ebab55d7f45da2996a42f999838324c9cb2e4f576e6013147e7e727299322b89
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a4db9432cfad86a3fe917979ddfc7e5e6787c84018e5ad19091f575e798e8f91
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5daa056b51ed6475951a7cf6367bf4f6593a7534053fcd8f24c8d3b5918d9a0f
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9282d640baebb7ce2242ae98819cadb355ecbd2750820ae47e2193f456fa67fc
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: afa36556e8a92392343bcce77a2a2cdd5b8622152d7240060ec323e79e881afb
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c034b2aa4e5d25af59c377401bb61a92897e8d440d2316991a9a7fef2757cf2d
openssl-perl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9122a621b992905ece559db8d366cf2d61cf5e17b982b4f8cab0e090775ec899

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2

SRPM
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: b4c6cc4843b9334c1c3e955ac75eadbca62e13ee843a19c9442013a9a1155c9f
aarch64
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: ddc887957f82b1d3947111f5283cec1b2ba34129582ae7aaadb2025df91dddef
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b4f01e0392d411d28fa194fad383b787e169b52bded085933261b1b53f3b1f71
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b02b9a3fae0e1be26b4d7296914e8cb71efb89ec07ad6eee5c1c9225cfb4724a
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 613c2a70248d92a1825fee3009de0b71d1c062487ddcbd193fad9597f97c626b
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: e9efccc267d7373d92567cba8f4070fba969b7662c741830ddda58d924077b6f
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 53b0dc19b512dbddb2f6f3e8af18d78b4939f779c392bb9a2c042ecc567517f6
openssl-perl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 511931ee2d27a651a4ee503140b0eac18259cdf7e29293cc22ed9b5ee6763edd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2

SRPM
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: b4c6cc4843b9334c1c3e955ac75eadbca62e13ee843a19c9442013a9a1155c9f
ppc64le
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a57d1db9b3d66318f75768c2eafb1c1e0cf51e01551b57ab5d82ee2c84158325
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9d3480e3a144edadcb486169641fbd853616a58c5c636deeda7531a168f25b6a
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 17be0318b7a030b88bf6874afa1aeb41e08d65319058545136f73857c65b87ef
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 151bfa0b5f5bac39f7f8e31bbc3dec4bdb2df25604dae9e7abb77f0224edc611
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e953f1584772c774ebbfea515b095f4f96efd6d0827268cc0569b98297a979f8
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: df7eb6d48b30aaff708b9c71ef0a245d21220efc190f25ee11558a0c393a3b67
openssl-perl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1a6ac9ea0285680923de5c48c440a835200a94733f3aa6e883363e51081ade0d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2

SRPM
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.src.rpm SHA-256: b4c6cc4843b9334c1c3e955ac75eadbca62e13ee843a19c9442013a9a1155c9f
x86_64
openssl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ea0562c33faf286ea4358cd22558ae5bb926041a2b1325dbcf5e2b484c46abe
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e92d18df434d6f41b215717407a871b9490a2be1ce095dd6082d21fd9b9f33fb
openssl-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e93332188320095c376c6aab570529a134d2455dcda21508475519804e5c913b
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2a402c7cfc30b17221886346fe05728280da13f761ffcecea8b0bbab17c9affa
openssl-debugsource-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: aae2fc23d4685e1ce711b0cff1a4cde6e288f2969f37496aa5ac8120294e890a
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: ebab55d7f45da2996a42f999838324c9cb2e4f576e6013147e7e727299322b89
openssl-devel-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a4db9432cfad86a3fe917979ddfc7e5e6787c84018e5ad19091f575e798e8f91
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5daa056b51ed6475951a7cf6367bf4f6593a7534053fcd8f24c8d3b5918d9a0f
openssl-libs-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9282d640baebb7ce2242ae98819cadb355ecbd2750820ae47e2193f456fa67fc
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.i686.rpm SHA-256: afa36556e8a92392343bcce77a2a2cdd5b8622152d7240060ec323e79e881afb
openssl-libs-debuginfo-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c034b2aa4e5d25af59c377401bb61a92897e8d440d2316991a9a7fef2757cf2d
openssl-perl-1.1.1c-16.el8_2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9122a621b992905ece559db8d366cf2d61cf5e17b982b4f8cab0e090775ec899

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