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AIX OpenSSL Advisory : openssl_advisory24.asc

medium Nessus Plugin ID 107231

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Synopsis

The remote AIX host has a version of OpenSSL installed that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of OpenSSL installed on the remote AIX host is affected by an off-by-one out-of-bounds read flaw in when processing X.509 certificates. This allows a context-dependent attacker to disclose limited memory contents.

Solution

A fix is available and can be downloaded from the IBM AIX website.

See Also

https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory24.asc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 107231

File Name: aix_openssl_advisory24.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 3/8/2018

Updated: 4/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:openssl:openssl, cpe:/o:ibm:aix

Required KB Items: Host/AIX/lslpp, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/version

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3735

BID: 100515