Scootgirl said:
Hi Rahul,
I used that tool and it said everything on my system was OK except the
following:
[16:55:09] Scanning OpenSSL...
[16:55:09] /usr/bin/openssl found
[16:55:09] Version 0.9.7a seems to be vulnerable (if unpatched)!
This is a very old
version of OpenSSL 0.9.7 and has a known vulnerability, which was confirmed at the OpenSSL
(
www.openssl.org) web page. OpenSSL 0.9.7 is now up to version 0.9.7e, released two weeks
before FC3 was released. I think that FC3 should have at least OpenSSL 0.9.7d. Depending
on how you installed FC/RH you can just download the source code and build OpenSSL.
I wonder if this is a false positive since I use the up2date tool
frequently. If not, where can I get this patch?
Depending on which release you have, you might not get the latest and greatest
release/updates. That is why I tend to visit most of the sites that directly support
additional software for my system on a semi-regular basis. I will check my system to see
which version of OpenSSL is installed, and if necessary, update it. If I get the time, I
may build an .rpm for OpenSSL and send it to the Extras site when it comes up.
James McKenzie
A Proud User of Linux!