RHSA-2023:1405 - Security Advisory

Topic

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.

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: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286)
• openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation (CVE-2022-4304)
• openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex (CVE-2022-4450)
• openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF (CVE-2023-0215)

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 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2164440 - CVE-2023-0286 openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName
• BZ - 2164487 - CVE-2022-4304 openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation
• BZ - 2164492 - CVE-2023-0215 openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF
• BZ - 2164494 - CVE-2022-4450 openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex

CVEs

• CVE-2022-4304
• CVE-2022-4450
• CVE-2023-0215
• CVE-2023-0286

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important