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Oracle Linux 5 : openssl (ELSA-2016-3576)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91738

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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-2016-3576 advisory.

 - CVE-2016-0799 - Fix memory issues in BIO_*printf functions
 - CVE-2016-2105 - Avoid overflow in EVP_EncodeUpdate
 - CVE-2016-2106 - Fix encrypt overflow

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-2016-3576.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91738

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-3576.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/22/2016

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0799

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0799, CVE-2016-2105, CVE-2016-2106, CVE-2016-2109