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Debian DLA-2492-1 : openssl security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144264

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

David Benjamin discovered a flaw in the GENERAL_NAME_cmp() function which could cause a NULL dereference, resulting in denial of service.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0l-1~deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages.

For the detailed security status of openssl please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openssl

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00020.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/openssl

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openssl

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144264

File Name: debian_DLA-2492.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2020

Updated: 12/6/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1971

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl1.1-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl1.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcrypto1.1-udeb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1971

IAVA: 2020-A-0566-S