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Oracle Linux 9 : openssl (ELSA-2022-9968)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166774

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9968 advisory.

 - Add units tests for CVE-2022-3786, CVE-2022-3602 patches
 - Fix CVE-2022-3786, CVE-2022-3602
 - CVE-2022-2097: AES OCB fails to encrypt some bytes on 32-bit x86 Resolves: CVE-2022-2097
 - CVE-2022-2068: the c_rehash script allows command injection
 - CVE-2022-1473 openssl: OPENSSL_LH_flush() breaks reuse of memory
 - CVE-2022-1343 openssl: Signer certificate verification returned inaccurate response when using OCSP_NOCHECKS
 - CVE-2022-1292 openssl: c_rehash script allows command injection
 - CVE-2022-0778 fix
 - Fixes CVE-2021-4044 Invalid handling of X509_verify_cert() internal errors in libssl

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9968.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166774

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-9968.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/1/2022

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3786

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786

IAVA: 2022-A-0452-S