TITLE:
Red Hat update for openssl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17153

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17153/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege
escalation

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
RedHat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1327/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for openssl. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions.

For more information:
SA17151

This also provides a fix for the hyper-threading support information
disclosure vulnerability which was inadequate fixed in RHSA-2005-476.
For more information:
SA15577

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15577:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15577/

SA17151:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17151/

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