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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openssl (MDKSA-2003:020)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14005

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

In an upcoming paper, Brice Canvel (EPFL), Alain Hiltgen (UBS), Serge Vaudenay (EPFL), and Martin Vuagnoux (EPFL, Ilion) describe and demonstrate a timing-based attack on CBC ciphersuites in SSL and TLS.

New versions of openssl have been released in response to this vulnerability (0.9.6i and 0.9.7a). The openssl released with Linux-Mandrake 7.2 and Single Network Firewall 7.2 has been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20030219.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14005

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2003-020.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Published: 7/31/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl0-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl0-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openssl-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.1, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.2, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0078

MDKSA: 2003:020