RHSA-2020:5476: Important: openssl security and bug fix update

First published: Tue Dec 15 2020(Updated: )

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.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference (CVE-2020-1971)</li> 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.<br>Bug Fix(es):<br><li> Reject certificates with explicit EC parameters in strict mode (BZ#1891541)</li> <li> Add FIPS selftest for HKDF, SSKDF, SSHKDF, and TLS12PRF; add DH_compute_key KAT to DH selftest (BZ#1891542)</li>

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
redhat/openssl	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-debuginfo	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-debuginfo	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-debugsource	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-debugsource	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-devel	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-devel	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-libs	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-libs	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-libs-debuginfo	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-libs-debuginfo	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-perl	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-perl	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-debuginfo	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-debugsource	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-devel	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-libs	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-libs-debuginfo	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl-perl	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3	1.1.1g-12.el8_3
redhat/openssl	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa	1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa
redhat/openssl-debuginfo	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa	1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa
redhat/openssl-debugsource	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa	1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa
redhat/openssl-devel	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa	1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa
redhat/openssl-libs	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa	1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa
redhat/openssl-libs-debuginfo	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa	1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa
redhat/openssl-perl	<1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa	1.1.1g-12.el8_3.aa

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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5476 (Advisory)

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