SUSE-SU-2021:2852-1

MEDIUM5.3

Security update for compat-openssl098

Published Aug 27, 2021

Modified 4 years ago

Fix available

Details

Description of the patch:

This update for compat-openssl098 fixes the following security issue:

CVE-2021-3712: a bug in the code for printing certificate details could lead to a buffer overrun that a malicious actor could exploit to crash the application, causing a denial-of-service attack. [bsc#1189521]

Affected Packages

libopenssl0_9_8

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4

Fixed in:

0.9.8j-106.27.2

libopenssl0_9_8-32bit

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4

Fixed in:

0.9.8j-106.27.2

References

ADVISORY

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189521

ADVISORY

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-August/009363.html

ADVISORY

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3712/

WEB

https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/

ADVISORY