OracleVM 3.3 : openssl (OVMSA-2016-0031)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 89066

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- fix CVE-2016-0702 - side channel attack on modular exponentiation

- fix CVE-2016-0705 - double-free in DSA private key parsing

- fix CVE-2016-0797 - heap corruption in BN_hex2bn and BN_dec2bn

- fix CVE-2015-3197 - SSLv2 ciphersuite enforcement

- disable SSLv2 in the generic TLS method

Solution

Update the affected openssl package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1336c683

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 89066

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0031.nasl

Version: 2.24

Type: local

Published: 3/2/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:openssl, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3197, CVE-2016-0702, CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2016-0797