RHSA-2024:0154LowCVSS 5.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Published
January 10, 2024
Last Modified
August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2023-3446 →CVE-2023-3817 →CVE-2023-5678 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-3446 — openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters CVE-2023-3817 — OpenSSL: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value CVE-2023-5678 — openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow

🎯 Affected products35

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-debugsource-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-devel-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-libs-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-libs-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-libs-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-libs-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-libs-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • openssl-libs-debuginfo-1:1.1.1k-12.el8_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
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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: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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