Security Information / 2018 / Security Information -- DSA-4158-1 openssl1.0

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4158-1 openssl1.0 -- security update

Date Reported:

29 Mar 2018

Affected Packages:

openssl1.0

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-0739.

More information:

It was discovered that constructed ASN.1 types with a recursive definition could exceed the stack, potentially leading to a denial of service.

Details can be found in the upstream advisory: https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20180327.txt

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2l-2+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssl1.0 packages.

For the detailed security status of openssl1.0 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openssl1.0