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Posted on 04 June 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: compat-openssl11 security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:4899-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4899
Issue date: 2022-06-03
CVE Names: CVE-2022-0778
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1. Summary:
An update for compat-openssl11 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 9.
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. 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. compat-openssl11 provides the legacy
1.1 version of OpenSSL for use with older binaries.
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing
certificates (CVE-2022-0778)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* compat-openssl11 breaks in FIPS (BZ#2091968)
4. 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.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2062202 - CVE-2022-0778 openssl: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source:
compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.src.rpm
aarch64:
compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.s390x.rpm
compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.s390x.rpm
compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.i686.rpm
compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.i686.rpm
compat-openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.i686.rpm
compat-openssl11-debugsource-1.1.1k-4.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0778
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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