SUSE-SU-2012:0679-1: important: Security update for openssl

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for openssl
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0679-1
Rating:             important
References:         #749735 #761838 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-2333
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   This update of openssl fixes the following denial of
   service  vulnerabilities:

   * Denial of Service via CBC mode handling.
   (CVE-2012-2333
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2333
   > )
   * A deadlock condition introduced by the previous
   memory leak fix due to entering a lock twice. This would
   only happen in multithreaded programs.

   In addition, openssl's cms subcommand (Crypthographic
   Message Syntax) has  been enabled.



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      openssl-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-doc-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

      openssl-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      openssl-x86-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      openssl-64bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-64bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      openssl-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      openssl-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5
      openssl-devel-32bit-0.9.8a-18.70.5

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      openssl-doc-0.9.8a-18.70.5


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2333.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/749735
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/761838
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=72e4e6bb5a3e9c48dd5cb873ce95abda



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