The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6632-1 advisory.

    David Benjamin discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled excessively long X9.42 DH keys. A remote     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to consume resources, leading to a denial of     service. (CVE-2023-5678)

    Bahaa Naamneh discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled certain malformed PKCS12 files. A remote     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2024-0727)

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 LTS / 18.04 LTS : OpenSSL vulnerabilities (USN-6632-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 190449

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Version 1.4 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.3 Apr 11, 2024, 4:12 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202404111612
Version 1.2 Mar 8, 2024, 6:26 PM IAVM reference STIG Severity (set to "I") Plugin Feed: 202403081826
Version 1.1 Feb 15, 2024, 7:41 PM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202402151941
Version 1.0 Feb 14, 2024, 3:36 AM New Plugin Feed: 202402140336