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Red Hat update for openssl
Secunia Advisory: SA17153
Release Date: 2005-10-12
Popularity: 6,758 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for Itanium
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-0109
CVE-2005-2969


Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for openssl. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

For more information:
SA17151

This also provides a fix for the hyper-threading support information disclosure vulnerability which was inadequate fixed in RHSA-2005-476. For more information:
SA15577

Solution:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html

Other References:
SA15577:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15577/

SA17151:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17151/


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