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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openssl (MDVSA-2012:011)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57724

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in openssl :

OpenSSL 0.9.8s and 1.0.0f does not properly support DTLS applications, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-4108 (CVE-2012-0050).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

The openssl0.9.8 packages for 2010.2 have been upgraded to the 0.9.8t version which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20120118.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57724

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2012-011.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 1/30/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64openssl1.0.0-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl1.0.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64openssl1.0.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64openssl1.0.0-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64openssl-engines1.0.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl1.0.0-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl1.0.0-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64openssl-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl0.9.8, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libopenssl-engines1.0.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64openssl0.9.8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0050

BID: 51563

MDVSA: 2012:011