RHSA-2019:2304 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security and bug fix update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 6, 2019
Updated · September 21, 2026
Topic
An update for openssl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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):
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openssl: 0-byte record padding oracle (CVE-2019-1559)
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openssl: timing side channel attack in the DSA signature algorithm (CVE-2018-0734)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.