RHSA-2012:0426Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security and bug fix update

Published
March 27, 2012
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2012-0884 →CVE-2012-1165 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-0884 — openssl: CMS and PKCS#7 Bleichenbacher attack CVE-2012-1165 — openssl: mime_param_cmp NULL dereference crash

🎯 Affected products126

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.src as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:1.0.0-20.el6_2.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.0-20.el6_2.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.0-20.el6_2.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.0-20.el6_2.3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.0-20.el6_2.3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (7)