Security update for openssl-1_1

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0678-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-1543 ( SUSE ): 3.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2019-1543 ( NVD ): 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openssl-1_1 (OpenSSL Security Advisory [6 March 2019]) fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-1543: Fixed an implementation error in ChaCha20-Poly1305 where it was allowed to set IV with more than 12 bytes (bsc#1128189).

Other issues addressed:

  • Fixed a segfault in openssl speed when an unknown algorithm is passed (bsc#1125494).
  • Correctly skipped binary curves in openssl speed to avoid spitting errors (bsc#1116833).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-678=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openssl-1_1-1.1.0i-4.21.1
    • libopenssl1_1-hmac-1.1.0i-4.21.1
    • libopenssl-1_1-devel-1.1.0i-4.21.1
    • openssl-1_1-debuginfo-1.1.0i-4.21.1
    • libopenssl1_1-debuginfo-1.1.0i-4.21.1
    • openssl-1_1-debugsource-1.1.0i-4.21.1
    • libopenssl1_1-1.1.0i-4.21.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (x86_64)
    • libopenssl1_1-32bit-1.1.0i-4.21.1
    • libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bit-1.1.0i-4.21.1
    • libopenssl1_1-32bit-debuginfo-1.1.0i-4.21.1

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