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HP-UX update for OpenSSL


Secunia ID

SA49229

CVE-ID

CVE-2006-7250, CVE-2011-4619, CVE-2012-0884, CVE-2012-1165, CVE-2012-2110, CVE-2012-2131

Release Date

18 May 2012

Criticality

Highly Critical

Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Where

From remote

Impact
DoS (Denial of Service)

This includes vulnerabilities ranging from excessive resource consumption (e.g. causing a system to use a lot of memory) to crashing an application or an entire system.

System access

This covers vulnerabilities where malicious people are able to gain system access and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user.

Security Bypass

This covers vulnerabilities or security issues where malicious users or people can bypass certain security mechanisms of the application.

The actual impact varies significantly depending on the design and purpose of the affected application.

Description

HP has issued an update for OpenSSL in HP-UX. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA46958
SA47426
SA48153
SA48847

The vulnerabilities are reported in HP-UX versions B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31 running OpenSSL versions prior to vA.00.09.08w.

Solution

Apply patches.

B.11.11 PA (32 and 64):
Apply patch OpenSSL_A.00.09.08w.001_HP-UX_B.11.11_32+64.depot

B.11.23 (PA and IA):
Apply patch OpenSSL_A.00.09.08w.002_HP-UX_B.11.23_IA-PA.depot

B.11.31 (PA and IA):
Apply patch OpenSSL_A.00.09.08w.003_HP-UX_B.11.31_IA-PA.depot

Original Advisory

HPSBUX02782 SSRT100844:
https://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03333987&ac.admitted=1337324854606.876444892.492883150