QID 241736

Date Published: 2023-06-22

QID 241736: Red Hat Update for Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) (RHSA-2023:3722)

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...Security Fix(es):

    openssl: possible dos translating asn.1 object identifiers (cve-2023-2650).
    Openssl: denial of service by excessive resource usage in verifying x509 policy constraints (cve-2023-0464).
    Openssl: invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates are silently ignored (cve-2023-0465).
    Openssl: certificate policy check not enabled (cve-2023-0466).
    Openssl: input buffer over-read in aes-xts implementation on 64 bit arm (cve-2023-1255).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 9 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - extended update support 9.2 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux server - aus 9.2 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 9 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems - extended update support 9.2 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 9 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian - extended update support 9.2 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 9 aarch64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 - extended update support 9.2 aarch64.
    Red hat enterprise linux server for power le - update services for sap solutions 9.2 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - update services for sap solutions 9.2 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux server for arm 64 - 4 years of updates 9.2 aarch64.
    Red hat enterprise linux server for ibm z systems - 4 years of updates 9.2 s390x.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:3722 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:3722 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3722