RHSA-2022:1077HighCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Published
March 28, 2022
Last Modified
August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2022-0778 →

📋 Description

CVE-2022-0778 — openssl: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates

🎯 Affected products52

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.0.2k-21.el7_7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7)
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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. Workaround: Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.

🔗 References (4)