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Oracle Linux 5 : openssl (ELSA-2014-1053)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77192

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1053 advisory.

 - fix CVE-2014-0221 - recursion in DTLS code leading to DoS
 - fix CVE-2014-3505 - doublefree in DTLS packet processing
 - fix CVE-2014-3506 - avoid memory exhaustion in DTLS
 - fix CVE-2014-3508 - fix OID handling to avoid information leak
 - fix CVE-2014-3510 - fix DoS in anonymous (EC)DH handling in DTLS
 - fix for CVE-2014-0224 - SSL/TLS MITM vulnerability

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 openssl, openssl-devel and / or openssl-perl packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1053.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77192

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1053.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2014

Updated: 11/1/2024

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3508

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3506

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel

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: 8/13/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0221, CVE-2014-3505, CVE-2014-3506, CVE-2014-3508, CVE-2014-3510

BID: 67899, 67901, 69075, 69076, 69081, 69082

RHSA: 2014:1053