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amazonAmazonALAS-2020-1456
HistoryDec 08, 2020 - 7:28 p.m.

Important: openssl

2020-12-0819:28:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
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5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

74.1%

Issue Overview:

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in openssl. A remote attacker, able to control the arguments of the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function, could cause the application, compiled with openssl to crash resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2020-1971)

Affected Packages:

openssl

Issue Correction:
Run yum update openssl to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.i686  
    openssl-static-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.i686  
    openssl-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.i686  
    openssl-perl-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.i686  
    openssl-devel-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    openssl-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    openssl-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.x86_64  
    openssl-perl-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.x86_64  
    openssl-devel-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.x86_64  
    openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.x86_64  
    openssl-static-1.0.2k-16.152.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2020-1971

Mitre: CVE-2020-1971

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

74.1%