RHSA-2016:0722HighCVSS 5.6

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Published
May 9, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (7)

CVE-2016-2842 →CVE-2016-0799 →CVE-2016-2105 →CVE-2016-2106 →CVE-2016-2107 →CVE-2016-2108 →CVE-2016-2109 →

📋 Description

CVE-2016-0799 — OpenSSL: Fix memory issues in BIO_*printf functions CVE-2016-2105 — openssl: EVP_EncodeUpdate overflow CVE-2016-2106 — openssl: EVP_EncryptUpdate overflow CVE-2016-2107 — openssl: Padding oracle in AES-NI CBC MAC check CVE-2016-2108 — openssl: Memory corruption in the ASN.1 encoder CVE-2016-2109 — openssl: ASN.1 BIO handling of large amounts of data CVE-2016-2842 — openssl: doapr_outch function does not verify that certain memory allocation succeeds

🎯 Affected products91

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 For the update to take effect, all services linked to the OpenSSL library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

🔗 References (10)