SUSE Security Update: Security update for openssl
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0679-1
Rating:             important
References:         #749735 #761838 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-2333
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   This update of openssl fixes the following denial of
   service  vulnerabilities:

   * Denial of Service via CBC mode handling.
   (CVE-2012-2333
    )
   * A deadlock condition introduced by the previous
   memory leak fix due to entering a lock twice. This would
   only happen in multithreaded programs.

   In addition, openssl's cms subcommand (Crypthographic
   Message Syntax) has  been enabled.



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      openssl-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-doc-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

      openssl-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      openssl-x86-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      openssl-64bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-64bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      openssl-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      openssl-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      openssl-doc-0.9.8a-18.70.5


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2333.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/749735
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/761838
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2012:0679-1: important: openssl

May 31, 2012
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is ...

Summary

This update of openssl fixes the following denial of service vulnerabilities: * Denial of Service via CBC mode handling. (CVE-2012-2333 ) * A deadlock condition introduced by the previous memory leak fix due to entering a lock twice. This would only happen in multithreaded programs. In addition, openssl's cms subcommand (Crypthographic Message Syntax) has been enabled. Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): openssl-0.9.8a-18.70.5 openssl-devel-0.9.8a-18.70.5 openssl-doc-0.9.8a-18.70.5 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64): openssl-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5 openssl-devel-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64): openssl-x86-0.9.8a-18.70.5 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc): openssl-64bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5 openssl-devel-64bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64): openssl-0.9.8a-18.70.5 openssl-devel-0.9.8a-18.70.5 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64): openssl-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5 openssl-devel-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5 - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): openssl-doc-0.9.8a-18.70.5

References

#749735 #761838

Cross- CVE-2012-2333

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

SLE SDK 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2333.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/749735

https://bugzilla.novell.com/761838

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0679-1
Rating: important

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