Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update
Updated OpenSSL packages are available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. These updates fix multiple protocol parsing bugs, which may cause a denial of service (DoS) attack or cause SSL-enabled applications to crash. [Updated 06 Jan 2003] Added fixed packages for the ia64 architecture. [Updated 06 Feb 2003] Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2002-0659US | medium5.0 | Exploit | ||
The ASN1 library in OpenSSL 0.9.6d and earlier, and 0.9.7-beta2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via invalid encodings. | ||||
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- FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
Because both client and server applications are affected by these vulnerabilities, we advise users to reboot their systems after installing these updates. Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is only available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002:161 - FixedRed Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
Because both client and server applications are affected by these vulnerabilities, we advise users to reboot their systems after installing these updates. Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is only available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002:161
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