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Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting openssl-libs package, versions <1:1.0.2k-12.amzn2.0.1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.04% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-OPENSSLLIBS-1662364
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 Apr 2018
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Introduced: 16 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-0737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 openssl-libs to version 1:1.0.2k-12.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1004.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-libs package and not the openssl-libs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o).

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