Mac OS X : OS X Server < 2.2.5 SSLv3 Information Disclosure (POODLE)

low Nessus Plugin ID 78599

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a security update for OS X Server.

Description

The remote Mac OS X 10.8 host has a version of OS X Server installed that is prior to version 2.2.5. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

An error exists related to the way SSL 3.0 handles padding bytes when decrypting messages encrypted using block ciphers in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode. A man-in-the-middle attacker can decrypt a selected byte of a cipher text in as few as 256 tries if they are able to force a victim application to repeatedly send the same data over newly created SSL 3.0 connections. This is also known as the 'POODLE' issue.

Solution

Upgrade to Mac OS X Server version 2.2.5 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6529

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533725/30/0/threaded

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/10/14/poodle.html

https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/ssl-poodle.pdf

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tls-downgrade-scsv-00

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 78599

File Name: macosx_server_2_2_5.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/21/2014

Updated: 6/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3566

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, MacOSX/Server/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3566

BID: 70574

APPLE-SA: APPLE-SA-2014-10-16-5

CERT: 577193