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RHEL 8 : openssl (RHSA-2020:1840)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 143010
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for openssl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1840 advisory.OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: side-channel weak encryption vulnerability (CVE-2019-1547)
* openssl: information disclosure in fork() (CVE-2019-1549)
* openssl: information disclosure in PKCS7_dataDecode and CMS_decrypt_set1_pkey (CVE-2019-1563)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL openssl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1840.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?dd7b3f20
http://www.nessus.org/u?f13a2e22
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1840
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1735738
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1741285
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1741317
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1741641
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1749068
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1749790
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1752090
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1752095
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1752100
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 143010
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1840.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/18/2020
Updated: 6/3/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
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-2019-1549
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-perl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2019