Overview of OpenSSL versions in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 GA and later Service Packs
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 and later Service Packs
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

Situation

There are different versions of the OpenSSL command line tool and library in the various SUSE Linux Enterprise versions.

Resolution

The following table provides an overview of the versions.

SLE version	Default OpenSSL cmd line tool	Default OpenSSL library	Optional OpenSSL library	Remarks
11 SP4	0.9.8	0.9.8	1.0.1 (Security Module)
12 SP1	1.0.1	1.0.1	None
12 SP2	1.0.2	1.0.2	None
12 SP3	1.0.2	1.0.2	None
12 SP4	1.0.2	1.0.2	1.1.1
12 SP5	1.0.2	1.0.2	1.1.1
15	1.1.0	1.1.0	1.0.2 (Module Legacy)	EOL of 1.0.2 is 2021-07-30 (*)
15 SP1	1.1.0	1.1.0	1.0.2 (Module Legacy)	EOL of 1.0.2 is 2021-07-30 (*)
15 SP2	1.1.1	1.1.1	1.0.2 (Module Legacy)	EOL of 1.0.2 is 2021-07-30 (*)
15 SP3	1.1.1	1.1.1	1.0.2 (Module Legacy)	EOL of 1.0.2 is 2021-07-30 (*)
15 SP4	1.1.1	1.1.1	3.0.1,1.0.2p	EOL of 1.0.2 is EOL of SP
15 SP5	1.1.1	1.1.1	3.0.8,1.0.2p	EOL of 1.0.2 is EOL of SP
15 SP6	3.1.4	3.1.4	1.1.1,1.0.2p	EOL of 1.0.2 is EOL of SP

(*) The packages in Module Legacy are supported for three years after launch of the major product version (SLE 15).

SUSE support of upstream EOL openssl version:
SUSE commits to maintain and fix security bugs in the system openssl versions until the end of life of the product including LTSS.

- openssl 1.0.2 will continue to be supported until the End of Life of the SLES 12 product line including the LTSS phase.
- openssl 1.1.1 will continue to be supported until the End of Life of the SLES 12 and SLES 15 product line including the LTSS phase.

Status

Top Issue

Additional Information

The support end date for a package in SLE can be established with the 'zypper lifecycle' command.

Example :

15sp1:~ # rpm -q libopenssl1_0_0
libopenssl1_0_0-1.0.2p-3.22.1.x86_64
15sp1:~ # zypper lifecycle libopenssl1_0_0

Package end of support:
libopenssl1_0_0                          2021-07-30

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