RHSA-2023:2523 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. 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: Using a Custom Cipher with NID_undef may lead to NULL encryption (CVE-2022-3358)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes linked from 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 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.2 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2060044 - PSK ciphersuites at SECLEVEL=3
• BZ - 2083879 - -Wimplicit-function-declaration when compiling FIPS_mode() function with clang
• BZ - 2094956 - Overriding default property query settings doesn't work for some operations (FIPS mode)
• BZ - 2128412 - stunnel consumes high amount of memory when pestered with TCP connections without a TLS handshake
• BZ - 2129063 - Rebase to the latest openssl 3.0.x series
• BZ - 2133809 - OPENSSL_strcasecmp versioning
• BZ - 2134740 - CVE-2022-3358 openssl: Using a Custom Cipher with NID_undef may lead to NULL encryption
• BZ - 2136250 - HMAC generation should reject key lengths < 112 bits or provide an indicator in FIPS mode
• BZ - 2137557 - In FIPS mode, openssl should set a minimum length for passwords in PBKDF2
• BZ - 2141597 - FIPS self-test data for RSA-CRT contains incorrect parameters
• BZ - 2141695 - In FIPS mode, openssl should reject KDF input and output key lengths < 112 bits or provide an indicator
• BZ - 2141748 - In FIPS mode, openssl should reject SHA-224, SHA-384, SHA-512-224, and SHA-512-256 as hashes for hash-based DRBGs, or provide an indicator after 2023-05-16
• BZ - 2142087 - In FIPS mode, openssl should reject RSASSA-PSS salt lengths larger than the output size of the hash function used, or provide an indicator
• BZ - 2142121 - In FIPS mode, openssl should reject SHAKE as digest for RSA-OAEP or provide an indicator
• BZ - 2142131 - In FIPS mode, openssl should reject RSA signatures with X9.31 padding, or provide an indicator
• BZ - 2142517 - OpenSSL PKCS#11 provider compatibility
• BZ - 2144561 - In FIPS mode, openssl should reject RSA keys < 2048 bits when using EVP_PKEY_decapsulate, or provide an indicator
• BZ - 2157965 - OpenSSL FIPS checksum code needs update
• BZ - 2168224 - OpenSSL - Significant performance drop for getrandom system call when FIPS is enabled (compared to RHEL 8)

CVEs

• CVE-2022-3358

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.2_release_notes/index