CVE-2018-0733 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-0733: Because of an implementation bug the PA-RISC CRYPTO_memcmp function is effectively reduced to only comparing the least significant bit of each byte. This allows an attacker to forge messages that would be considered as authenticated in an amount of tries lower than that guaranteed by the security cl

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-0733 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

openssl→ fixed in1.1.0h-1urgency: unimportant

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y openssl

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

openssl→ fixed in1.1.0h-1urgency: unimportant

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y openssl

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

openssl→ fixed in1.1.0h-1urgency: unimportant

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y openssl

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