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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : openssl (ELSA-2015-1115)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84202

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1115 advisory.

 - improved fix for CVE-2015-1791
 - add missing parts of CVE-2015-0209 fix for corectness although unexploitable
 - fix CVE-2014-8176 - invalid free in DTLS buffering code
 - fix CVE-2015-1789 - out-of-bounds read in X509_cmp_time
 - fix CVE-2015-1790 - PKCS7 crash with missing EncryptedContent
 - fix CVE-2015-1791 - race condition handling NewSessionTicket
 - fix CVE-2015-1792 - CMS verify infinite loop with unknown hash function

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-2015-1115.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84202

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1115.nasl

Version: 2.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/16/2015

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1789

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-libs, 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: 6/15/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8176, CVE-2015-1789, CVE-2015-1790, CVE-2015-1791, CVE-2015-1792, CVE-2015-3216

BID: 73239, 75154, 75156, 75157, 75159, 75161

RHSA: 2015:1115