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OpenSSL < 0.9.8y / 1.0.1d / 1.0.0k Multiple Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6868

Synopsis

The remote web server is running an OpenSSL instance that may be affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Versions of OpenSSL prior to 0.9.8y are reportedly affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - An error exists related to the handling of OCSP response verification that could allow denial of service attacks. (CVE-2013-0166)

 - An error exists related to the SSL/TLS/DTLS protocols, CBC mode encryption and response time. An attacker could obtain plaintext contents of encrypted traffic via timing attacks. (CVE-2013-0169)

Solution

Upgrade to OpenSSL version 0.9.8y / 1.0.1d / 1.0.0k or later.

See Also

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20130204.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 6868

Family: Web Servers

Published: 6/11/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 64532

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:openssl:openssl

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2686, CVE-2013-0166, CVE-2013-0169

BID: 60268