Security update for openCryptoki

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(Last modified: 12SEP2007)

solutions Security update for openCryptoki SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (025ce378bdee86491b03040d246c1b40)

Applies to

Package: openCryptoki
openCryptoki-32bit
openCryptoki-64bit
openCryptoki-devel
Product(s): SLE SDK 10 SP1 for x86
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM POWER
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries 64bit
Zypp-Patch-Number: 4244
Release: 20070912
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

The openCryptoki crypto framework package has been updated to fix a incorrect
crypto initialisation which leads to weak IV (initial vectors).

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fvh openCryptoki.rpm openCryptoki-32bit.rpm openCryptoki-64bit.rpm openCryptoki-devel.rpm

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