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Oracle Linux 8 : openssl (ELSA-2020-4514)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142750

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4514 advisory.

 [1.1.1g-11]
 - Further changes for SP 800-56A rev3 requirements

 [1.1.1g-9]
 - Rewire FIPS_drbg API to use the RAND_DRBG
 - Use the well known DH groups in TLS even for 2048 and 1024 bit parameters

 [1.1.1g-7]
 - Disallow dropping Extended Master Secret extension on renegotiation
 - Return alert from s_server if ALPN protocol does not match
 - SHA1 is allowed in @SECLEVEL=2 only if allowed by TLS SigAlgs configuration

 [1.1.1g-6]
 - Add FIPS selftest for PBKDF2 and KBKDF

 [1.1.1g-5]
 - Allow only well known DH groups in the FIPS mode

 [1.1.1g-1]
 - update to the 1.1.1g release
 - FIPS module installed state definition is modified

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-2020-4514.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142750

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4514.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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: 4.6

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1551