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Red Hat: CVE-2016-2178: Important: openssl security update (RHSA-2016:1940)

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-2178: Important: openssl security update (RHSA-2016:1940)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/21/2016
Modified
01/17/2018

Description

The dsa_sign_setup function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.2h does not properly ensure the use of constant-time operations, which makes it easier for local users to discover a DSA private key via a timing side-channel attack.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-openssl
  • redhat-upgrade-openssl-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-openssl-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-openssl-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-openssl-perl
  • redhat-upgrade-openssl-static

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