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mageiaGentoo FoundationMGASA-2021-0108
HistoryMar 04, 2021 - 7:53 p.m.

Updated openssl and compat-openssl10 packages fix security vulnerabilities

2021-03-0419:53:32
Gentoo Foundation
advisories.mageia.org
72

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

82.2%

Paul Kehrer discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain input lengths in EVP functions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2021-23840). Tavis Ormandy discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled parsing issuer fields. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2021-23841).