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RHEL 6 : openssl (Unpatched Vulnerability)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 199292

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 6 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 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)

 - OpenSSL before 0.9.8j, when SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled, does not prevent modification of the ciphersuite in the session cache, which allows remote attackers to force the use of a disabled cipher via vectors involving sniffing network traffic to discover a session identifier, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4180. (CVE-2008-7270)

 - OpenSSL before 0.9.8q, and 1.0.x before 1.0.0c, when SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled, does not properly prevent modification of the ciphersuite in the session cache, which allows remote attackers to force the downgrade to an unintended cipher via vectors involving sniffing network traffic to discover a session identifier. (CVE-2010-4180)

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: 199292

File Name: redhat_unpatched_openssl-rhel6.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2024

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: 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:openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl098e, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 9/22/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-7270, CVE-2010-4180, CVE-2011-1473, CVE-2011-4576, CVE-2011-4619, CVE-2012-0884, CVE-2012-1165, CVE-2013-0166, CVE-2013-0169, 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-2015-1789, 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-2018-0737, CVE-2018-5407