MGASA-2024-0020 - Updated openssl packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 04 Feb 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0020.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2023-5678,
     CVE-2023-6129,
     CVE-2023-6237,
     CVE-2024-0727

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Excessive time spent in DH check / generation with large Q parameter
value. (CVE-2023-5678)
POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupts vector registers on PowerPC.
(CVE-2023-6129)
Excessive time spent checking invalid RSA public keys. (CVE-2023-6237)
PKCS12 Decoding crashes. (CVE-2024-0727)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32498
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20231106.txt
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240109.txt
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240115.txt
- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5678
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6129
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6237
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0727

SRPMS:
- 9/core/openssl-3.0.12-1.1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0020: openssl security update

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Excessive time spent in DH check / generation with large Q parameter value

Summary

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Excessive time spent in DH check / generation with large Q parameter value. (CVE-2023-5678) POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupts vector registers on PowerPC. (CVE-2023-6129) Excessive time spent checking invalid RSA public keys. (CVE-2023-6237) PKCS12 Decoding crashes. (CVE-2024-0727)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32498

- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20231106.txt

- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240109.txt

- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240115.txt

- https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240125.txt

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5678

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6129

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6237

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0727

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0020 - Updated openssl packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/openssl-3.0.12-1.1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 04 Feb 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0020.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-5678, CVE-2023-6129, CVE-2023-6237, CVE-2024-0727

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