Hi,

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:34 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> You have probably seen this:
> OpenSSL - CVE-2020-1967
> https://openssl.markmail.org/thread/nuamcatocap7rwrw
>
> I have reviewed the Tomcat Native code and confirmed that we do not call
> SSL_check_chain() at any point.
>
> I also looked at the OpenSSL code as I was concerned that we might hit
> the same problem via an internal code path. It appears I wasn't the only
> one with that concern and the OpenSSL team confirmed that the issue only
> occurs when calling SSL_check_chain():
> https://openssl.markmail.org/thread/okfaim5oqhh2egj6
>
> Therefore, it is not necessary to roll a new Tomcat Native release to
> pick up an updated OpenSSL version for the Windows binaries.
>
> That said, there are a few Tomcat Native fixes since 1.2.23 and it has
> been 9 months since the last release. We should have enough time to get
> a 1.2.24 release out if we want to.
>
> Thoughts?
>

+1
I use a build from master branch for my testing application and I didn't
have any problems with it!

Regards,
Martin


>
> Mark
>
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