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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : openssl (ELSA-2015-2617)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87364

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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-2015-2617 advisory.

 - fix CVE-2015-3194 - certificate verify crash with missing PSS parameter
 - fix CVE-2015-3195 - X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak
 - fix CVE-2015-3196 - race condition when handling PSK identity hint
 - fix the CVE-2015-1791 fix (broken server side renegotiation)
 - 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
 - fix CVE-2015-3216 - regression in RAND locking that can cause segfaults on read in multithreaded applications
 - fix CVE-2015-4000 - prevent the logjam attack on client - restrict the DH key size to at least 768 bits (limit will be increased in future)
 - update fix for CVE-2015-0287 to what was released upstream
 - fix CVE-2015-0209 - potential use after free in d2i_ECPrivateKey()
 - fix CVE-2015-0286 - improper handling of ASN.1 boolean comparison
 - fix CVE-2015-0287 - ASN.1 structure reuse decoding memory corruption
 - fix CVE-2015-0288 - X509_to_X509_REQ NULL pointer dereference
 - fix CVE-2015-0289 - NULL dereference decoding invalid PKCS#7 data
 - fix CVE-2015-0292 - integer underflow in base64 decoder
 - fix CVE-2015-0293 - triggerable assert in SSLv2 server

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-2015-2617.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87364

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2617.nasl

Version: 2.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2015

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3195

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-2015-3194

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/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3194, CVE-2015-3195, CVE-2015-3196

RHSA: 2015:2617