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Debian DSA-1701-1 : openssl, openssl097 - interpretation conflict

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35364

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that OpenSSL does not properly verify DSA signatures on X.509 certificates due to an API misuse, potentially leading to the acceptance of incorrect X.509 certificates as genuine (CVE-2008-5077 ).

Solution

Upgrade the OpenSSL packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8c-4etch4 of the openssl package, and version 0.9.7k-3.1etch2 of the openssl097 package.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511196

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5077

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1701

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35364

File Name: debian_DSA-1701.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl097, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5077, CVE-2009-0021, CVE-2009-0046, CVE-2009-0047, CVE-2009-0048, CVE-2009-0049, CVE-2009-0124, CVE-2009-0125, CVE-2009-0127, CVE-2009-0128, CVE-2009-0130

BID: 33150

CWE: 20, 287

DSA: 1701