OpenSSL 1.0.0 < 1.0.0a Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 46801

Synopsis

The remote service is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of OpenSSL installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.0a. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 1.0.0a advisory.

- RSA verification recovery in the EVP_PKEY_verify_recover function in OpenSSL 1.x before 1.0.0a, as used by pkeyutl and possibly other applications, returns uninitialized memory upon failure, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended key requirements or obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
(CVE-2010-1633)

- The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) implementation in crypto/cms/cms_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8o and 1.x before 1.0.0a does not properly handle structures that contain OriginatorInfo, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify invalid memory locations or conduct double-free attacks, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2010-0742)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to OpenSSL version 1.0.0a or later.

See Also

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0742

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1633

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20100601.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 46801

File Name: openssl_1_0_0a.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Web Servers

Published: 6/3/2010

Updated: 6/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:openssl:openssl

Required KB Items: installed_sw/OpenSSL

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0742, CVE-2010-1633

BID: 40502, 40503

Secunia: 40024