On 18 Dec 2002 05:37:37 -0500

I got caught by this too.  RedHat in their infinite wisdom provides update patches but 
they typically do not change the version number like the rest of the software 
community.  OpenSSL.org and all of the security advisory sites will show version 
0.9.6b as being vulnerable but the only way to verify which "RedHat" version you 
actually have is to look at the dash number and compare it against the package 
contents from the RedHat site.  You can also compare the MD5 of the binaries.

host# rpm -q openssl
host# openssl-0.9.6b-28

I've complained to RH about this as it creates a whole lot more effort to actually 
verify if a system is really vulnerable.  Thank you RedHat ;-0

Bruce Forestal CISSP CCNA
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