Detections
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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : openssl (ELSA-2013-0587)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 68768
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0587 advisory.- fix for CVE-2013-0169 - SSL/TLS CBC timing attack (#907589)
- fix for CVE-2013-0166 - DoS in OCSP signatures checking (#908052)
- enable compression only if explicitly asked for or OPENSSL_DEFAULT_ZLIB environment variable is set (fixes CVE-2012-4929 #857051)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 68768
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0587.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/12/2013
Updated: 4/29/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0169
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-static, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4929, CVE-2013-0166, CVE-2013-0169
RHSA: 2013:0587