Oracle Linux 7 : openssl (ELSA-2019-0483)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122838

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-0483 advisory.

[1.0.2k-16.0.1.el7_6.1]
- Bump release for rebuild.

[1.0.2k-16.1]
- use SHA-256 in FIPS RSA pairwise key check
- fix CVE-2018-5407 - EC signature local timing side-channel key extraction

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-0483.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122838

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-0483.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/14/2019

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5407

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5407

RHSA: 2019:0483