RHEL 6 : openssl (RHSA-2011:1409)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 56661

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openssl.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1409 advisory.

- openssl: CRL verification vulnerability (CVE-2011-3207)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL openssl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:1409.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 56661

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1409.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/27/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-perl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3207

BID: 49469

RHSA: 2011:1409

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