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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : OpenSSL update (USN-6663-3)

info Nessus Plugin ID 197835

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6663-3 advisory.

 USN-6663-1 provided a security update for OpenSSL. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.



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

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 affected libssl-dev, libssl3t64 and / or openssl packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6663-3

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 197835

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6663-3.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/23/2024

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl3t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2024

Reference Information

USN: 6663-3