HP Version Control Agent (VCA) Heartbeat Information Disclosure (Heartbleed)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77023

Synopsis

The remote host contains software that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The RPM installation of HP Version Control Agent (VCA) on the remote Linux host is version 7.2.2, 7.3.0, or 7.3.1. 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

Upgrade to VCA 7.3.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d9ffb6dc

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: 77023

File Name: hp_vca_SSRT101531-sles.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2014

Updated: 5/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:hp:version_control_agent

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2014

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

HP: HPSBMU03020, SSRT101531, emr_na-c04262472