QID 750690

Date Published: 2021-06-23

QID 750690: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openssl-1_0_0 (SUSE-SU-2020:3762-1)

This update for openssl-1_0_0 fixes the following issues: - cve-2020-1971: fixed a null pointer dereference in edipartyname (bsc#1179491).
- initialized dh->nid to nid_undef in dh_new_method() (bsc#1177673).
- fixed a test failure in apache_ssl in fips mode (bsc#1177793).
- renamed bn_get_rfc3526_prime_* functions back to get_rfc3526_prime_* (bsc#1177575).
- restored private key check in ec_key_check_key (bsc#1177479).
- added shared secret kat to fips dh selftest (bsc#1176029).
- included ecdh/dh requirements from sp800-56arev3 (bsc#1176029).
- used sha-2 in the rsa pairwise consistency check (bsc#1155346)

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.9 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.
    • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest package which contains the patch. To install this SUSE Security, Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product. To install packages using the command line interface, use command "yum update". Refer to Suse security advisory: SUSE-SU-2020:3762-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 750690

    CVE-2020-1971 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2020:3762-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2020-December/007974.html
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