Debian DSA-3287-1 : openssl - security update (Logjam)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84170

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit.

- CVE-2014-8176 Praveen Kariyanahalli, Ivan Fratric and Felix Groebert discovered that an invalid memory free could be triggered when buffering DTLS data. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected the oldstable distribution (wheezy).

- CVE-2015-1788 Joseph Barr-Pixton discovered that an infinite loop could be triggered due to incorrect handling of malformed ECParameters structures. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

- CVE-2015-1789 Robert Swiecki and Hanno Bock discovered that the X509_cmp_time function could read a few bytes out of bounds. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted certificates and CRLs.

- CVE-2015-1790 Michal Zalewski discovered that the PKCS#7 parsing code did not properly handle missing content which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted ASN.1-encoded PKCS#7 blobs.

- CVE-2015-1791 Emilia Kasper discovered that a race condition could occur due to incorrect handling of NewSessionTicket in a multi-threaded client, leading to a double free. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

- CVE-2015-1792 Johannes Bauer discovered that the CMS code could enter an infinite loop when verifying a signedData message, if presented with an unknown hash function OID. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Additionally OpenSSL will now reject handshakes using DH parameters shorter than 768 bits as a countermeasure against the Logjam attack (CVE-2015-4000 ).

Solution

Upgrade the openssl packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.1e-2+deb7u17.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.1k-3+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84170

File Name: debian_DSA-3287.nasl

Version: 2.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/15/2015

Updated: 12/5/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8176, CVE-2015-1788, CVE-2015-1789, CVE-2015-1790, CVE-2015-1791, CVE-2015-1792, CVE-2015-4000

DSA: 3287

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