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RockyLinux 8 : openssl (RLSA-2024:7848)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 209686

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:7848 advisory.

 * openssl: SSL_select_next_proto buffer overread (CVE-2024-5535)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7848

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2294581

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 209686

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-7848.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/25/2024

Updated: 10/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5535

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-libs, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5535