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RHEL 5 / 6 : openssl (RHSA-2012:0426)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 58507
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for openssl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0426 advisory.- openssl: CMS and PKCS#7 Bleichenbacher attack (CVE-2012-0884)
- openssl: mime_param_cmp NULL dereference crash (CVE-2012-1165)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2012:0426.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?eb0d4768
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0426
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=802489
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=802725
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 58507
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0426.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/28/2012
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: Low
Score: 3.6
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:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0884
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1165
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, 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: 3/27/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0884, CVE-2012-1165
BID: 52428