RHEL 7 : openssl (Unpatched Vulnerability)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 199286

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 7 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

- openssl: doapr_outch function does not verify that certain memory allocation succeeds (CVE-2016-2842)

- The dtls1_get_message_fragment function in d1_both.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (recursion and client crash) via a DTLS hello message in an invalid DTLS handshake. (CVE-2014-0221)

- The OBJ_obj2txt function in crypto/objects/obj_dat.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i, when pretty printing is used, does not ensure the presence of '\0' characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process stack memory by reading output from X509_name_oneline, X509_name_print_ex, and unspecified other functions.
(CVE-2014-3508)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 199286

File Name: redhat_unpatched_openssl-rhel7.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 6/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2842

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl098e, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-virt-viewer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0221, CVE-2014-3508, CVE-2014-3510, CVE-2014-3570, CVE-2014-3571, CVE-2014-8176, CVE-2014-8275, CVE-2015-0204, CVE-2015-0287, CVE-2015-0288, CVE-2015-0292, CVE-2015-0293, CVE-2015-1789, CVE-2015-1790, CVE-2015-1791, CVE-2015-3194, CVE-2015-3195, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2016-0799, CVE-2016-2105, CVE-2016-2106, CVE-2016-2108, CVE-2016-2109, CVE-2016-2177, CVE-2016-2178, CVE-2016-2179, CVE-2016-2181, CVE-2016-2182, CVE-2016-2842, CVE-2016-6306, CVE-2016-7056, CVE-2018-0737, CVE-2018-5407, CVE-2019-1547, CVE-2019-1551, CVE-2019-1563, CVE-2020-1968, CVE-2023-5678