OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.
Security Fix(es):
openssl: integer overflow in CipherUpdate (CVE-2021-23840)
openssl: NULL pointer dereference in X509issuerandserialhash() (CVE-2021-23841)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.