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Oracle Linux: CVE-2006-2937: ELSA-2016-3558 - openssl security update

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2006-2937: ELSA-2016-3558 - openssl security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/28/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/13/2016
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7l and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via malformed ASN.1 structures that trigger an improperly handled error condition.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssl-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssl-perl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openssl-static

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