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OpenSSL: Unencrypted Data Exposed by Weak Server Configuration

published 2 years ago

Summary

OpenSSL, a widely used encryption library, has a configuration weakness that could allow an attacker to intercept sensitive data. This issue affects servers that use OpenSSL to encrypt data. To protect your system, ensure OpenSSL is updated to the latest version.

What to do

Update redhat openssl to version 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7.
Update redhat openssl-debuginfo to version 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7.
Update redhat openssl-devel to version 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7.
Update redhat openssl-libs to version 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7.
Update redhat openssl-perl to version 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7.
Update redhat openssl-static to version 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7.

Affected software

Ecosystem	Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::computenode	redhat	openssl	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::computenode	redhat	openssl-debuginfo	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::computenode	redhat	openssl-devel	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::computenode	redhat	openssl-libs	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::computenode	redhat	openssl-perl	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::computenode	redhat	openssl-static	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::server	redhat	openssl	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::server	redhat	openssl-debuginfo	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::server	redhat	openssl-devel	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::server	redhat	openssl-libs	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::server	redhat	openssl-perl	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7
Red Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::server	redhat	openssl-static	< 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7 Fix: upgrade to 1:1.0.2k-20.el7_7

Original advisory text

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5623 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1903409 Third Party Advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_5623.j... Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1971 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1971 Vendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1971 Vendor Advisory
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20201208.txt Third Party Advisory

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal 60 days

Not known to be exploited
Can be exploited automatically (estimated)
Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)

Severity

5.9 Medium

Timeline

Published13 Sep 2024

Updated30 May 2026

First seen30 May 2026

Sources

RHSA-2020:5623 · OSV

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