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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_0208.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Low: openssl security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:0208-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0208
Issue date:         2024-01-12
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-3446
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Summary: 

An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

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: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446)

* OpenSSL: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value (CVE-2023-3817)

* openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow (CVE-2023-5678)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value (JIRA:RHEL-14237)

* openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (JIRA:RHEL-14243)

* openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow (JIRA:RHEL-16536)


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2023-3446

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224962
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227852
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248616