Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2012-73
Advisory Release Date: 2012-05-02 12:31 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-14 15:52 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
Multiple numeric conversion errors, leading to a buffer overflow, were found in the way OpenSSL parsed ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) data from BIO (OpenSSL's I/O abstraction) inputs. Specially-crafted DER (Distinguished Encoding Rules) encoded data read from a file or other BIO input could cause an application using the OpenSSL library to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-2110)
Affected Packages:
openssl098e
Issue Correction:
Run yum update openssl098e to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
openssl098e-0.9.8e-17.8.amzn1.i686
openssl098e-debuginfo-0.9.8e-17.8.amzn1.i686
src:
openssl098e-0.9.8e-17.8.amzn1.src
x86_64:
openssl098e-debuginfo-0.9.8e-17.8.amzn1.x86_64
openssl098e-0.9.8e-17.8.amzn1.x86_64