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GLSA-201601-05 : OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 88586

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201601-05 (OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Please review the upstream advisory and CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Note that the list includes CVE identifiers for an older OpenSSL Security Advisory (3 Dec 2015) for which we have not issued a GLSA before.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could disclose a server’s private DH exponent, or complete SSLv2 handshakes using ciphers that have been disabled on the server.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2f'

See Also

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160128.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88586

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201601-05.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Published: 2/5/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openssl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1794, CVE-2015-3193, CVE-2015-3194, CVE-2015-3195, CVE-2015-3196, CVE-2015-3197, CVE-2016-0701

GLSA: 201601-05