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OPENSSL ISSUED SECURITY UPDATES TO FIX 12 FLAWS, INCLUDING REMOTE CODE EXECUTION

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Summary from the TLDR InfoSec newsletter

OpenSSL patched 12 vulnerabilities in its widely used cryptographic library, most of which involve memory safety and parsing weaknesses that can cause denial-of-service or data-integrity issues. Two critical stack-overflow bugs in CMS/PKCS#7 and PKCS#12 parsing can potentially enable remote code execution when handling untrusted data, making timely updates essential for organizations relying on OpenSSL 3.x.