Oracle Linux 6 : openssl (ELSA-2014-0015)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71875

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0015 advisory.

- fix CVE-2013-4353 - Invalid TLS handshake crash
- fix CVE-2013-6450 - possible MiTM attack on DTLS1

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0015.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71875

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0015.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/9/2014

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4353, CVE-2013-6449, CVE-2013-6450

RHSA: 2014:0015