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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202004-10 ] OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:22:29
Message-Id: 67502b0b-2cc5-2d3a-6296-16dc661a704b@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202004-10
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 23, 2020
10 Bugs: #702176, #717442
11 ID: 202004-10
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities were found in OpenSSL, the worst of which
19 could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer
25 (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1/v1.1/v1.2/v1.3) as
26 well as a general purpose cryptography library.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 dev-libs/openssl < 1.1.1g >= 1.1.1g
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Please review
40 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could perform a malicious crafted TLS 1.3 handshake
46 against an application using OpenSSL, possibly resulting in a Denial of
47 Service condition.
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49 In addition, it's feasible that an attacker might attack DH512.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
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59 All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
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61 # emerge --sync
62 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-1.1.1g"
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64 References
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67 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-1551
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1551
69 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-1967
70 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1967
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-10
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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