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Fedora Core 4 2005-986: openssl097a

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the openssl097a package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2005-986 (openssl097a).

The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between
machines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared
libraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and
protocols.

* Tue Oct 11 2005 Tomas Mraz 0.9.7a-3.1
- fix CVE-2005-2969 - remove SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING which
disables the countermeasure against man in the middle attack in SSLv2
(#169863)
- more fixes for constant time/memory access for DSA signature algorithm
- updated ICA engine patch

Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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