Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4875-1 openssl -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 25 Mar 2021
- Affected Packages:
- openssl
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-3449.
- More information:
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A NULL pointer dereference was found in the signature_algorithms processing in OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit, which could result in denial of service.
Additional details can be found in the upstream advisory: https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20210325.txt
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.1d-0+deb10u6.
We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages.
For the detailed security status of openssl please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openssl