Security update for openssl

SUSE Security Update: Security update for openssl
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0679-1
Rating: important
References: #749735 #761838
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4
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    An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

    Description:


    This update of openssl fixes the following denial of
    service vulnerabilities:

    * Denial of Service via CBC mode handling.
    (CVE-2012-2333
    > )
    * A deadlock condition introduced by the previous
    memory leak fix due to entering a lock twice. This would
    only happen in multithreaded programs.

    In addition, openssl's cms subcommand (Crypthographic
    Message Syntax) has been enabled.

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • openssl-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • openssl-devel-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • openssl-doc-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):
    • openssl-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • openssl-devel-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):
    • openssl-x86-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):
    • openssl-64bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • openssl-devel-64bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • openssl-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • openssl-devel-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):
    • openssl-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • openssl-devel-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • openssl-doc-0.9.8a-18.70.5

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2333.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/749735
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/761838
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=72e4e6bb5a3e9c48dd5cb873ce95abda