RedHat compat-openssl11 CVE-2022-0778 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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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. compat-openssl11 provides the legacy 1.1 version of OpenSSL for use with older binaries. Security Fix(es): openssl: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates (CVE-2022-0778) 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. Bug Fix(es): compat-openssl11 breaks in FIPS (BZ#2091968) SolutionFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 For the update to take effect, all services linked to the OpenSSL library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

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compat-openssl11

CVE References

CVE-2022-0778