Important: compat-openssl11 security and bug fix update

Topic

An update for compat-openssl11 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library. compat-openssl11 provides the legacy 1.1 version of OpenSSL for use with older binaries.

Security Fix(es):

• openssl: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates (CVE-2022-0778)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

• compat-openssl11 breaks in FIPS (BZ#2091968)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

For the update to take effect, all services linked to the OpenSSL library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.0 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2062202 - CVE-2022-0778 openssl: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates

CVEs

• CVE-2022-0778

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important