Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1573
Advisory Release Date: 2020-12-08 21:31 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-12-08 22:43 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A null pointer dereference flaw was found in openssl. A remote attacker, able to control the arguments of the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function, could cause the application, compiled with openssl to crash resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2020-1971)
Affected Packages:
openssl, openssl11
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update openssl to update your system.
Run yum update openssl11 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
openssl-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
openssl-libs-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
openssl-devel-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
openssl-static-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
openssl-perl-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
openssl11-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
openssl11-libs-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
openssl11-devel-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
openssl11-static-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
openssl-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.i686
openssl-libs-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.i686
openssl-devel-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.i686
openssl-static-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.i686
openssl-perl-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.i686
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.i686
openssl11-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.i686
openssl11-libs-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.i686
openssl11-devel-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.i686
openssl11-static-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.i686
openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
openssl-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.src
openssl11-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
openssl-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
openssl-libs-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
openssl-devel-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
openssl-static-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
openssl-perl-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-19.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
openssl11-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
openssl11-libs-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
openssl11-devel-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
openssl11-static-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
openssl11-debuginfo-1.1.1c-15.amzn2.0.2.x86_64