RHEL 9 : compat-openssl11 (RHSA-2022:4899)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161987

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for compat-openssl11.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:4899 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. compat-openssl11 provides the legacy 1.1 version of OpenSSL for use with older binaries.

Security Fix(es):

* openssl: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates (CVE-2022-0778)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

* compat-openssl11 breaks in FIPS (BZ#2091968)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL compat-openssl11 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:4899.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3c488ecf

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4899

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2062202

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161987

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-4899.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/9/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-openssl11, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0778

CWE: 835

RHSA: 2022:4899