RHSA-2015:2616: Moderate: openssl security update

First published: Mon Dec 14 2015(Updated: )

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3)<br>and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols, as well as a<br>full-strength, general purpose cryptography library.<br>A memory leak vulnerability was found in the way OpenSSL parsed PKCS#7 and<br>CMS data. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause an application<br>that parses PKCS#7 or CMS data from untrusted sources to use an excessive<br>amount of memory and possibly crash. (CVE-2015-3195)<br>All openssl users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which<br>contain a backported patch to correct this issue. For the update to take<br>effect, all services linked to the OpenSSL library must be restarted, or<br>the system rebooted.<br>

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