SB2018120715 - Amazon Linux AMI update for openssl
Published: December 7, 2018
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Memory-cache side-channel attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0495)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a leakage of information through memory caches when the affected library uses a private key to create Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) signatures. A local attacker can conduct a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures and recover sensitive information, such as ECDSA private keys, which could be used to conduct further attacks.
Note: The vulnerability is known as the "Return Of the Hidden Number Problem" or ROHNP.
2) 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.
3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0739)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to excessive stack memory consumption. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.