OpenSSL is an Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a general purpose cryptography library.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Remote attackers can determine private keys, decrypt data, cause a Denial of Service or possibly have other unspecified impact.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All OpenSSL 1.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.0j"
All OpenSSL 0.9.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8y"