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ALSA-2023:7877 Not scored

Low: openssl security update

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library. Security Fix(es): * openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446) * OpenSSL: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value (CVE-2023-3817) * openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow (CVE-2023-5678) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 19, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 openssl
AlmaLinux:8 openssl-devel
AlmaLinux:8 openssl-libs
AlmaLinux:8 openssl-perl

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2023:7877

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library. Security Fix(es): * openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446) * OpenSSL: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value (CVE-2023-3817) * openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow (CVE-2023-5678) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence