RHSA-2016:1137HighCVSS 5.6

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Published
May 31, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-2108 →

📋 Description

CVE-2016-2108 — openssl: Memory corruption in the ASN.1 encoder

🎯 Affected products46

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • openssl-debuginfo-0:0.9.8e-40.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 For the update to take effect, all services linked to the OpenSSL library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

🔗 References (4)