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GLSA-201612-53 : CyaSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96228

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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-201612-53 (CyaSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CyaSSL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or conduct a man-in-the-middle attack.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Upstream has discontinued the software in favor of wolfSSL. Therefore, the CyaSSL package has been removed from the Gentoo repository and current users are advised to unmerge the package.
 # emerge --unmerge 'net-libs/cyassl'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-53

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96228

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201612-53.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 1/3/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/31/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2896, CVE-2014-2897, CVE-2014-2898, CVE-2014-2899, CVE-2014-2900

GLSA: 201612-53