Fedora 9 : openssl-0.9.8g-9.14.fc9 (2009-5423)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39475

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security update fixing DoS bugs in DTLS code. CVE-2009-1377 CVE-2009-1378 CVE-2009-1379

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Solution

Update the affected openssl package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39475

File Name: fedora_2009-5423.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 6/21/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openssl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1377, CVE-2009-1378, CVE-2009-1379

BID: 29405, 33150, 35001, 35138

CWE: 119, 399

FEDORA: 2009-5423

Detections

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