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High RHSA-2022:1065 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Published Sep 30, 2024 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos openssl 1:1.1.1k-6.el8_5
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos openssl-debuginfo 1:1.1.1k-6.el8_5
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos openssl-debugsource 1:1.1.1k-6.el8_5
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos openssl-devel 1:1.1.1k-6.el8_5
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos openssl-libs 1:1.1.1k-6.el8_5
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos openssl-libs-debuginfo 1:1.1.1k-6.el8_5
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos openssl-perl 1:1.1.1k-6.el8_5

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2022-0778 Public exploit EPSS 73%

    Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates

    The BN_mod_sqrt() function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime moduli. Internally this function is used when parsing certificates that contain elliptic curve public keys in compressed form or e…

    OpenSSL OpenSSL openssl nodejs Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine crates.io

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2062202
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2022/rhsa-2022_1065.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0778
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0778
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0778
  • article
    https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20220315.txt