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RHEL 9 : openssl and openssl-fips-provider (RHSA-2024:2447)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 194809
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for openssl / openssl-fips-provider.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2447 advisory.OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: AES-SIV cipher implementation contains a bug that causes it to ignore empty associated data entries (CVE-2023-2975)
* openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446)
* OpenSSL: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value (CVE-2023-3817)
* openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow (CVE-2023-5678)
* openssl: POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupts vector registers on PowerPC (CVE-2023-6129)
* openssl: Excessive time spent checking invalid RSA public keys (CVE-2023-6237)
* openssl: denial of service via null dereference (CVE-2024-0727)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL openssl / openssl-fips-provider packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:2447.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?046d6270
http://www.nessus.org/u?d922e0bf
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2447
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2223016
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224962
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227852
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248616
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257571
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258502
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259944
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-14083
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-15990
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-17104
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-17193
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-1780
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-20249
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 194809
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2447.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/30/2024
Updated: 6/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6129
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-perl
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-2975, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-3817, CVE-2023-5678, CVE-2023-6129, CVE-2023-6237, CVE-2024-0727