[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: openssl-1.0.1e-37.fc20.1

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-4879
2014-04-08 23:57:24
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Name        : openssl
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 1.0.1e
Release     : 37.fc20.1
URL         : http://www.openssl.org/
Summary     : Utilities from the general purpose cryptography library with TLS implementation
Description :
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.

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Update Information:

pull in upstream patch for CVE-2014-0160
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Apr  7 2014 Dennis Gilmore <dennis at ausil.us> - 1.0.1e-37.1
- pull in upstream patch for CVE-2014-0160
- removed CHANGES file portion from patch for expediency
* Tue Jan  7 2014 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.0.1e-37
- fix CVE-2013-4353 - Invalid TLS handshake crash
- fix CVE-2013-6450 - possible MiTM attack on DTLS1
* Fri Dec 20 2013 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.0.1e-36
- fix CVE-2013-6449 - crash when version in SSL structure is incorrect
- more FIPS validation requirement changes
- do not apply the no-md5-verify patch in released Fedora branches
* Wed Dec 18 2013 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.0.1e-35
- drop weak ciphers from the default TLS ciphersuite list
- add back some symbols that were dropped with update to 1.0.1 branch
- more FIPS validation requirement changes
* Tue Nov 19 2013 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.0.1e-34
- fix locking and reseeding problems with FIPS drbg
* Fri Nov 15 2013 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.0.1e-33
- additional changes required for FIPS validation
* Wed Nov 13 2013 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.0.1e-32
- disable verification of certificate, CRL, and OCSP signatures
  using MD5 if OPENSSL_ENABLE_MD5_VERIFY environment variable
  is not set
* Fri Nov  8 2013 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz at redhat.com> 1.0.1e-31
- add back support for secp521r1 EC curve
- add aarch64 to Configure (#969692)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1085065 - CVE-2014-0160 openssl: information disclosure in handling of TLS heartbeat extension packets [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085065
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