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HistoryNov 09, 2021 - 9:21 a.m.

Moderate: openssl security and bug fix update

2021-11-0909:21:13
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0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

82.3%

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.

Security Fix(es):

  • openssl: integer overflow in CipherUpdate (CVE-2021-23840)

  • openssl: NULL pointer dereference in X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() (CVE-2021-23841)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.