RHSA-2023:1438HighCVSS 7.4

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Published
March 23, 2023
Last Modified
August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-0286 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-0286 — openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName

🎯 Affected products24

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-devel-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-devel-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-devel-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-devel-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-perl-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-perl-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-perl-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-static-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-static-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)
  • openssl-static-0:1.0.1e-61.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS)

✅ 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: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

🔗 References (4)