GLSA 201712-03: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/14/2017
Bugs:	#629290, #636264, #640172
ID:	201712-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSL, the worst of which may lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

OpenSSL is a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/openssl	< 1.0.2n	>= 1.0.2n	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition, recover a private key in unlikely circumstances, circumvent security restrictions to perform unauthorized actions, or gain access to sensitive information.

Workaround

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution

All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2n"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201712-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.