Red Hat Security Advisory: mingw-openssl security update
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. This package contains Windows (MinGW) libraries and development tools. Security Fix(es): * openssl: SSL_select_next_proto buffer overread (CVE-2024-5535) 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.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-5535 is a buffer overread vulnerability in the OpenSSL function SSL_select_next_proto. This issue affects OpenSSL versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 and 8.8 variants, including Extended Life Cycle Long Life, Update Services for SAP Solutions, Telecommunications Update Service, and Extended Update Support. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2024:7846 and RHSA-2024:7847 providing updated OpenSSL packages that address this vulnerability. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information). No active exploitation has been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could potentially lead to information exposure due to a buffer overread in the SSL protocol negotiation process. However, Red Hat rates the security impact as low, indicating limited risk to confidentiality, integrity, or availability. There are no known exploits in the wild targeting this flaw at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for OpenSSL packages that fix this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 and 8.8 variants should apply the provided OpenSSL updates as detailed in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2024:7846 and RHSA-2024:7847. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for update instructions. Applying these updates mitigates the vulnerability effectively.
Red Hat Security Advisory: mingw-openssl security update
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. This package contains Windows (MinGW) libraries and development tools. Security Fix(es): * openssl: SSL_select_next_proto buffer overread (CVE-2024-5535) 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.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-5535 is a buffer overread vulnerability in the OpenSSL function SSL_select_next_proto. This issue affects OpenSSL versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 and 8.8 variants, including Extended Life Cycle Long Life, Update Services for SAP Solutions, Telecommunications Update Service, and Extended Update Support. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2024:7846 and RHSA-2024:7847 providing updated OpenSSL packages that address this vulnerability. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information). No active exploitation has been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could potentially lead to information exposure due to a buffer overread in the SSL protocol negotiation process. However, Red Hat rates the security impact as low, indicating limited risk to confidentiality, integrity, or availability. There are no known exploits in the wild targeting this flaw at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for OpenSSL packages that fix this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 and 8.8 variants should apply the provided OpenSSL updates as detailed in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2024:7846 and RHSA-2024:7847. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for update instructions. Applying these updates mitigates the vulnerability effectively.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:3666
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a1f4e89e29bf47b500839f6
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:37 UTC
Last enriched: 08/04/2026, 16:31:25 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 156
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