RHSA-2016:0301High

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Published
March 1, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (5)

CVE-2016-0702 →CVE-2016-0705 →CVE-2016-0797 →CVE-2016-0800 →CVE-2015-3197 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-3197 — OpenSSL: SSLv2 doesn't block disabled ciphers CVE-2016-0702 — OpenSSL: Side channel attack on modular exponentiation CVE-2016-0705 — OpenSSL: Double-free in DSA code CVE-2016-0797 — OpenSSL: BN_hex2bn/BN_dec2bn NULL pointer deref/heap corruption CVE-2016-0800 — SSL/TLS: Cross-protocol attack on TLS using SSLv2 (DROWN)

🎯 Affected products167

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • openssl-0:1.0.1e-42.el6_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • +137 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (13)