GLSA 201312-03: OpenSSL: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	low
Title:	OpenSSL: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	12/03/2013
Bugs:	#369753, #406199, #412643, #415435, #455592
ID:	201312-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSL allowing remote attackers to determine private keys or cause a Denial of Service.

Background

OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a general purpose cryptography library.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/openssl	< 1.0.0j	>= 1.0.0j	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Remote attackers can determine private keys, decrypt data, cause a Denial of Service or possibly have other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenSSL 1.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0j"

All OpenSSL 0.9.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8y"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-03.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.