Security update for openssl-3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4635-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-5678 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2023-5678 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openssl-3 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-5678: Fixed generating and checking of excessively long X9.42 DH keys that resulted in a possible Denial of Service (bsc#1216922).

Bug fixes:

  • The default /etc/ssl/openssl3.cnf file will include any configuration files that other packages might place into /etc/ssl/engines3.d/ and /etc/ssl/engdef3.d/.
  • Create the two new necessary directores for the above patch. [bsc#1194187, bsc#1207472]

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4635=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4635=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-4635=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • openssl-3-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • openssl-3-debuginfo-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl3-debuginfo-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl-3-devel-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • openssl-3-debugsource-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl3-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • libopenssl-3-devel-32bit-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl3-32bit-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl3-32bit-debuginfo-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • openssl-3-doc-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • libopenssl3-64bit-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl-3-devel-64bit-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl3-64bit-debuginfo-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openssl-3-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • openssl-3-debuginfo-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl3-debuginfo-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl-3-devel-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • openssl-3-debugsource-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1
    • libopenssl3-3.0.8-150500.5.19.1

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