MGASA-2021-0108

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    MGASA-2021-0108

    Published: 4 Mar 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated openssl and compat-openssl10 packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: 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).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0108.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28383, https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20210216.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4738-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssl

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/openssl?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.0l-1.3.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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