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Oracle Linux 8 : openssl (ELSA-2023-12213)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173617

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-12213 advisory.

 - 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 X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName Resolves: CVE-2023-0286

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-2023-12213.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173617

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-12213.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl

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: 3/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286

IAVA: 2022-A-0518-S