Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting openssl-perl package, versions <1:1.0.2k-12.0.3.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.04% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-OPENSSLPERL-2529822
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 16 Apr 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 openssl-perl to version 1:1.0.2k-12.0.3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-4249.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-perl package and not the openssl-perl package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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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