The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6435-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled excessively large Diffie-Hellman parameters. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3446)

    Bernd Edlinger discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled excessively large Diffie-Hellman parameters. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3817)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : OpenSSL vulnerabilities (USN-6435-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183384

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Version 1.3 Sep 18, 2024, 8:52 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 threat vector" set to "CVSS:4.0/E:U") Plugin Feed: 202409180852
Version 1.2 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 9.3) CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 vector" set to "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") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.1 Oct 20, 2023, 3:51 PM Detection Plugin Feed: 202310201551
Version 1.0 Oct 19, 2023, 9:24 AM New Plugin Feed: 202310190924
Version 1.0 Oct 20, 2023, 1:54 PM Detection Plugin Feed: 202310201354