RHSA-2022:1112HighCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Published
March 29, 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 products21

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-debugsource-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-debugsource-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-debugsource-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-libs-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-libs-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-libs-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-perl-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)
  • openssl-perl-1:1.1.1c-5.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1)

✅ 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)