What is RHSA-2021:3798?

RHSA-2021:3798 is a security advisory published by Red Hat Product Security with Medium severity. Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Which CVE IDs does RHSA-2021:3798 cover?

RHSA-2021:3798 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-23840, CVE-2021-23841. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of RHSA-2021:3798?

RHSA-2021:3798 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by Red Hat Product Security.

RHSA-2021:3798MediumCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Vendor

Red Hat Product Security

Published

October 12, 2021

Last Modified

June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2021-23840 →CVE-2021-23841 →

📋 Description

CVE-2021-23840 — openssl: integer overflow in CipherUpdate CVE-2021-23841 — openssl: NULL pointer dereference in X509_issuer_and_serial_hash()

🔗 References (5)

selfhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3798
externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930310
externalhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1930324
selfhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2021/rhsa-2021_3798.json