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GLSA-202004-10 : OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135946

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202004-10 (OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could perform a malicious crafted TLS 1.3 handshake against an application using OpenSSL, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 In addition, it’s feasible that an attacker might attack DH512.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/openssl-1.1.1g'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135946

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202004-10.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 4/24/2020

Updated: 3/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1551

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openssl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1551, CVE-2020-1967

GLSA: 202004-10

IAVA: 2020-A-0186-S