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RHEL 7 : openssl (RHSA-2020:5640)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 144506
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openssl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5640 advisory.- openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference (CVE-2020-1971)
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 RHEL openssl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:5640.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?dbcc93c9
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 144506
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5640.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/21/2020
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.1
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:7.3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-perl
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: 12/21/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-1971