[yocto] meta-fsl-ppc uses Openssl 1.0.1g in master

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Tue Dec 16 06:07:15 PST 2014


Hello Sona,

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Sona Sarmadi <sona.sarmadi at enea.com> wrote:
>
> Is there any specific reason why openssl 1.0.1g is used by default? Yocto is using 1.0.1j in master to address some security issues (SSLv3 protocol vulnerability). If there is a strong reason to stay on 1.0.1g, I suggest we apply sslv3 patches  otherwise we just remove this line.
>
> https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-fsl-ppc/tree/conf/machine/include/qoriq-default-versions.inc
>
> PREFERRED_VERSION_openssl = "1.0.1g"

I agree; it should be removed in my opinion.

Could you prepare a patch and send? So it goes over the usual review
process while Luo enquire internally if there is any reason to not
upgrade?

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