[ GLSA 202012-13 ] OpenSSL

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: OpenSSL: Denial of service (GLSA 202012-13)
Severity: low
Exploitable: local, remote
Date: 2020-12-23
Bug(s): #759079
ID: 202012-13

Synopsis

A vulnerability in OpenSSL might allow remote attackers to cause a
Denial of Service condition.


Background

OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1/v1.1/v1.2/v1.3) as well
as a general purpose cryptography library.


Affected Packages

Package: dev-libs/openssl
Vulnerable: < 1.1.1i
Unaffected: >= 1.1.1i
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in OpenSSL.

Impact

A remote attacker, able to control the arguments of the GENERAL_NAME_cmp
function in an application linked against OpenSSL, could possibly cause a
Denial of Service condition.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version: