DSA-3197-2 openssl -- opensslID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:602010 | Date: (C)2015-03-30 (M)2024-02-19 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
The openssl update issued as DSA 3197-1 caused regressions. This update reverts the defective patch applied in that update causing these problems. Additionally a follow-up fix for CVE-2015-0209 is applied. For reference the original advisory text follows. Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues: CVE-2015-0286 Stephen Henson discovered that the ASN1_TYPE_cmp function can be crashed, resulting in denial of service. CVE-2015-0287 Emilia Kaesper discovered a memory corruption in ASN.1 parsing. CVE-2015-0289 Michal Zalewski discovered a NULL pointer dereference in the PKCS#7 parsing code, resulting in denial of service. CVE-2015-0292 It was discovered that missing input sanitising in base64 decoding might result in memory corruption. CVE-2015-0209 It was discovered that a malformed EC private key might result in memory corruption. CVE-2015-0288 It was discovered that missing input sanitising in the X509_to_X509_REQ function might result in denial of service.