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Oracle Linux 9 : openssl (ELSA-2023-12152)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 172035

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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-2023-12152 advisory.

 - Fixed X.509 Name Constraints Read Buffer Overflow Resolves: CVE-2022-4203
 - Fixed Timing Oracle in RSA Decryption Resolves: CVE-2022-4304
 - Fixed Double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex Resolves: CVE-2022-4450
 - Fixed Use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF Resolves: CVE-2023-0215
 - Fixed Invalid pointer dereference in d2i_PKCS7 functions Resolves: CVE-2023-0216
 - Fixed NULL dereference validating DSA public key Resolves: CVE-2023-0217
 - Fixed X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName Resolves: CVE-2023-0286
 - Fixed NULL dereference during PKCS7 data verification Resolves: CVE-2023-0401

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-2023-12152.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 172035

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12152.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/1/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0401

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: 3/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4203, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0216, CVE-2023-0217, CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0401

IAVA: 2022-A-0518-S