SB2018011609 - SUSE Linux update for openssl

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2108)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause memory corruption on the target system.

The weakness exists due to buffer underflow with an out-of-bounds write in i2c_ASN1_INTEGER. As ASN.1 parser (specifically, d2i_ASN1_TYPE) can misinterpret a large universal tag as a negative zero value, attacker may easily corrupt memory.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability will allow a malicious user to trigger memory corruption on the vulnerable system.

2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7056)

The vulnerability allows a local user obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due the OpenSSL does not properly set the BN_FLG_CONSTTIME for nonces when signing with the P-256 elliptic curve in ecdsa_sign_setup() function in crypto/ec/ecdsa_ossl.c. A local attacker can conduct a cache-timing attack and recover ECDSA P-256 private keys

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability is discovered in OpenSSL 1.0.1u. Other versions may also be affected.

3) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8610)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to exhaust memory on the target system.
The weakness is due to improper handling of certain packets by the ssl3_read_bytes() function in 'ssl/s3_pkt.c.
By sending a flood of SSL3_AL_WARNING alerts during the SSL handshake, a remote attacker can consume excessive CPU resources that may lead to OpenSSL library being unavailable.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3731)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service conditions.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read in OpenSSL when processing truncated packets on 32-bit system using certain ciphers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted truncated packet using CHACHA20/POLY1305 cipher for OpenSSL 1.1.0 or RC4-MD5 for 1.0.2 and trigger denial of service.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack against vulnerable system.

5) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3735)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to one-byte out-of-bounds read when parsing an IPAddressFamily extension in an X.509 certificate. A remote attacker can disguise text display of the certificate.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00042.html