OpenSSL Heartbeat Information Disclosure (Heartbleed)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 7108

Synopsis

The remote service is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is configured with the TLS heartbeat message feature and appears to be affected by an out-of-bounds read flaw. This flaw could allow a remote attacker to read the contents of up to 64KB of server memory, potentially exposing passwords, private keys, and other sensitive data.

Solution

Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.1g or later. Alternatively, recompile OpenSSL with the '-DOPENSSL_NO_HEARTBEATS' flag to disable the vulnerable functionality.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 7108

Version: 1.2

Family: Policy

Published: 4/8/2014

Updated: 8/16/2018

Nessus ID: 73412

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:openssl:openssl

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2014

Exploitable With

Metasploit (OpenSSL Heartbeat (Heartbleed) Information Leak)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0160

BID: 66690

Detections

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