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Medium RLSA-2024:6783 1 CVE

Moderate: openssl security update

Published Sep 30, 2024 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Ecosystem: Rocky Linux

Summary

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: Possible denial of service in X.509 name checks (CVE-2024-6119)

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 9 openssl 1:3.0.7-28.el9_4

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2024-6119 EPSS 67%

    Possible denial of service in X.509 name checks

    Issue summary: Applications performing certificate name checks (e.g., TLS clients checking server certificates) may attempt to read an invalid memory address resulting in abnormal termination of the application process. Impact summary: Abnormal termination of…

    OpenSSL OpenSSL openssl nodejs Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2306158