OpenSSL 1.0.0 < 1.0.0i ASN.1 asn1_d2i_read_bio Memory Corruption

high Nessus Plugin ID 58800

Synopsis

The remote host may be affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the remote web server is running a version of OpenSSL 1.0.0 is earlier than 1.0.0i. As such, the OpenSSL library itself is reportedly affected by a memory corruption vulnerability via an integer truncation error in the function 'asn1_d2i_read_bio' when reading ASN.1 DER format data.

Applications using the 'BIO' or 'FILE' based functions (i.e., 'd2i_*_bio' or 'd2i_*_fp' functions) are affected by this issue.
Also affected are 'S/MIME' or 'CMS' applications using 'SMIME_read_PKCS7' or 'SMIME_read_CMS' parsers. The OpenSSL command line utility is affected if used to handle untrusted DER formatted data.

Note that the SSL/TLS code of OpenSSL is not affected. Also not affected are applications using memory-based ASN.1 functions (e.g., 'd2i_X509', 'd2i_PKCS12', etc.) nor are applications using only PEM functions.

Solution

Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.0i or later.

See Also

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20120419.txt

https://www.openssl.org/news/changelog.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/210

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 58800

File Name: openssl_1_0_0i.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/19/2012

Updated: 8/21/2023

Supported Sensors: 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-2012-2110

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:openssl:openssl

Required KB Items: installed_sw/OpenSSL

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2110

BID: 53158