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CentOS 9 : compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191187

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for compat-openssl11.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the compat- openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9 build changelog.

 - Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates (CVE-2022-0778)

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

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream compat-openssl11 package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=21529

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191187

File Name: centos9_compat-openssl11-1_1_1k-4.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-openssl11, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0778