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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current openssl Vulnerability (SSA:2025-040-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 215164

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to openssl.

Description

The version of openssl installed on the remote host is prior to 1.1.1zb_p2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2025-040-01 advisory.

 New openssl packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the openssl 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

Upgrade the affected openssl package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?31028cfe

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 215164

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2025-040-01.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2025

Updated: 2/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-13176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.1

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:openssl11, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:openssl11-solibs, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:openssl-solibs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-13176