SUMMARY
cPanel, L.L.C. has updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 with OpenSSL version 1.0.2q on December 5, 2018. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2018-5407 and CVE-2018-0734. We strongly encourage all OpenSSL users to update to version 1.0.2q.

AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of OpenSSL through OpenSSL 1.0.2p

SECURITY RATING
The National Vulnerability Database (NIST) has given the following severity ratings to these CVEs:

CVE-2018-5407 – MEDIUM
OpenSSL 1.0.2q
Fixed bug related to CVE-2018-5407

CVE-2018-0734 – MEDIUM
OpenSSL 1.0.2q
Fixed bug related to CVE-2018-0734

SOLUTION
cPanel, L.L.C. has released updated RPMs for EasyApache 4 on December 5, 2018, with OpenSSL version 1.0.2q. Unless you have enabled automatic RPM updates in your cron, update your system with either yum update or WHM’s Run System Update interface.

REFERENCES
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0734
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5407
https://www.openssl.org/news/cl102.txt

For the PGP-signed message, please see EA4 2018-12-5 CVE-signed.

More Information

Check out the Release notes and the 2018 EasyApache 4 Changelog. All of the details about all this release can be found in the EasyApache 4 Release Notes.

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