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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2998-1 (openssl - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit, that may result in denial of service (application crash, large memory consumption), information leak, protocol downgrade. Additionally, a buffer overrun affecting only applications explicitly set up for SRP has been fixed (CVE-2014-3512). It's important that you upgrade the libssl1.0.0 package and not just the openssl package. All applications linked to openssl need to be restarted. You can use the checkrestart tool from the debian-goodies package to detect affected programs. Alternatively, you may reboot your system.
Affected Software
Affected Software
openssl on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.1e-2+deb7u12. For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.1i-1. We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages.