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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : openssl (ELSA-2016-1940)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93759

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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-2016-1940 advisory.

 - fix CVE-2016-2177 - possible integer overflow
 - fix CVE-2016-2178 - non-constant time DSA operations
 - fix CVE-2016-2179 - further DoS issues in DTLS
 - fix CVE-2016-2180 - OOB read in TS_OBJ_print_bio()
 - fix CVE-2016-2181 - DTLS1 replay protection and unprocessed records issue
 - fix CVE-2016-2182 - possible buffer overflow in BN_bn2dec()
 - fix CVE-2016-6302 - insufficient TLS session ticket HMAC length check
 - fix CVE-2016-6304 - unbound memory growth with OCSP status request
 - fix CVE-2016-6306 - certificate message OOB reads
 - mitigate CVE-2016-2183 - degrade all 64bit block ciphers and RC4 to 112 bit effective strength

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-2016-1940.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93759

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1940.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/28/2016

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-2016-2182

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

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: 9/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2177, CVE-2016-2178, CVE-2016-2179, CVE-2016-2180, CVE-2016-2181, CVE-2016-2182, CVE-2016-6302, CVE-2016-6304, CVE-2016-6306

RHSA: 2016:1940