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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201601-05
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Severity: Normal
Title: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 29, 2016
Bugs: #572854
ID: 201601-05
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSL, allowing remote
attackers to disclose sensitive information and complete weak
handshakes.
Background
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OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a general
purpose cryptography library.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/openssl < 1.0.2f >= 1.0.2f
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Please review
the upstream advisory and CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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A remote attacker could disclose a server's private DH exponent, or
complete SSLv2 handshakes using ciphers that have been disabled on the
server.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2f"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-3197
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3197
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-0701
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0701
[ 3 ] OpenSSL Security Advisory [28th Jan 2016]
http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160128.txt
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-05
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
