Low: openssl

Issue Overview:

The OpenSSL DSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. (CVE-2018-0734)

Affected Packages:

openssl

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

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

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    openssl-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    openssl-libs-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    openssl-devel-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    openssl-static-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    openssl-perl-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    openssl-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    openssl-libs-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    openssl-devel-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    openssl-static-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    openssl-perl-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.i686  
  
src:  
    openssl-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    openssl-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    openssl-libs-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    openssl-devel-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    openssl-static-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    openssl-perl-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    openssl-debuginfo-1.0.2k-16.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-0734

Mitre: CVE-2018-0734