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ELSA-2010-0173 Important: Enterprise Linux openssl096b security update

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ELSA-2010-0173 Important: Enterprise Linux openssl096b security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/05/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

OpenSSL before 0.9.8m does not check for a NULL return value from bn_wexpand function calls in (1) crypto/bn/bn_div.c, (2) crypto/bn/bn_gf2m.c, (3) crypto/ec/ec2_smpl.c, and (4) engines/e_ubsec.c, which has unspecified impact and context-dependent attack vectors.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssl096b

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