Debian DLA-358-1 : openssl security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87186

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

When presented with a malformed X509_ATTRIBUTE structure OpenSSL will leak memory. This structure is used by the PKCS#7 and CMS routines so any application which reads PKCS#7 or CMS data from untrusted sources is affected. SSL/TLS is not affected.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/12/msg00000.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/openssl

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87186

File Name: debian_DLA-358.nasl

Version: 2.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcrypto0.9.8-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl0.9.8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl0.9.8-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3195