Debian DSA-5532-1 : openssl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 183877

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5532 advisory.

- SO-AND-SO reports: Moderate severity: A bug has been identified in the processing of key and initialisation vector (IV) lengths. This can lead to potential truncation or overruns during the initialisation of some symmetric ciphers. (CVE-2023-5363)

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

Solution

Upgrade the openssl packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.11-1~deb12u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183877

File Name: debian_DSA-5532.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/25/2023

Updated: 3/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5363

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcrypto3-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl3-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5363

IAVA: 2023-A-0582-S

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