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Debian DSA-2100-1 : openssl - double free

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49057

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Synopsis

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

Description

George Guninski discovered a double free in the ECDH code of the OpenSSL crypto library, which may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the openssl packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.8g-15+lenny8.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2100

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49057

File Name: debian_DSA-2100.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/1/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2939

BID: 42306

DSA: 2100