ALAS-2024-2479

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-0727  

Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL to crash leading to a potential Denial of Service attack The package openssl098e is provided purely for binary compatibility with older Amazon Linux versions. It does not receive security updates. (CVE-2024-0727)

ALAS-2024-2479


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2479
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-29 10:03 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-03-04 12:00 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL to crash leading to a potential Denial of Service attack

The package openssl098e is provided purely for binary compatibility with older Amazon Linux versions. It does not receive security updates. (CVE-2024-0727)


Affected Packages:

openssl


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update openssl to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    openssl-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.aarch64
    openssl-libs-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.aarch64
    openssl-devel-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.aarch64
    openssl-static-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.aarch64
    openssl-perl-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.aarch64
    openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.aarch64

i686:
    openssl-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.i686
    openssl-libs-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.i686
    openssl-devel-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.i686
    openssl-static-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.i686
    openssl-perl-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.i686
    openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.i686

src:
    openssl-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.src

x86_64:
    openssl-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.x86_64
    openssl-libs-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.x86_64
    openssl-devel-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.x86_64
    openssl-static-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.x86_64
    openssl-perl-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.x86_64
    openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-24.amzn2.0.12.x86_64