GLSA 201702-07: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	02/14/2017
Bugs:	#607318
ID:	201702-07

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSL, the worst of which might allow attackers to access sensitive information.

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	< 1.0.2k	>= 1.0.2k	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker is able to crash applications linked against OpenSSL or could obtain sensitive private-key information via an attack against the Diffie-Hellman (DH) ciphersuite.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201702-07.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.