Websense Email Security Heartbeat Information Disclosure (Heartbleed)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73758

Synopsis

The remote host has an email security application installed that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of Websense Email Security installed on the remote Windows host contains a bundled version of an OpenSSL DLL file. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

An out-of-bounds read error, known as the 'Heartbleed Bug', exists related to handling TLS heartbeat extensions that could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information such as primary key material, secondary key material, and other protected content.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory and apply the necessary patch.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?60cf5c8e

http://www.nessus.org/u?35854217

http://www.heartbleed.com

https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/140

https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#2014-0160

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20140407.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73758

File Name: websense_email_security_heartbleed.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/29/2014

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:websense:websense_email_security

Required KB Items: SMB/Websense Email Security/Path

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2014

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/25/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0160

BID: 66690

CERT: 720951