Secunia Security Advisory - IBM has acknowledged multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL included in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
IBM AIX OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46742
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2011-11-07
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DESCRIPTION:
IBM has acknowledged multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL included in
AIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
potentially sensitive information, bypass certain security
restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially
compromise an application using the library.
For more information:
SA42243
SA42473
SA45265
SOLUTION:
Apply fixes (please see the vendor's advisory for details).
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory2.asc
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