Google: dev-libs/openssl: security update to 18244.1.7

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450464

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Issue summary: Processing a maliciously formatted PKCS12 file may lead OpenSSL to crash leading to a
potential Denial of Service attack Impact summary: Applications loading files in the PKCS12 format from
untrusted sources might terminate abruptly. A file in PKCS12 format can contain certificates and keys and
may come from an untrusted source. The PKCS12 specification allows certain fields to be NULL, but OpenSSL
does not correctly check for this case. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference that results in
OpenSSL crashing. If an application processes PKCS12 files from an untrusted source using the OpenSSL APIs
then that application will be vulnerable to this issue. OpenSSL APIs that are vulnerable to this are:
PKCS12_parse(), PKCS12_unpack_p7data(), PKCS12_unpack_p7encdata(), PKCS12_unpack_authsafes() and
PKCS12_newpass(). We have also fixed a similar issue in SMIME_write_PKCS7(). However since this function
is related to writing data we do not consider it security significant. The FIPS modules in 3.2, 3.1 and
3.0 are not affected by this issue. (CVE-2024-0727)

Solution

Update the dev-libs/openssl library and its related packages to version 18244.1.7 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 450464

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0727

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0727

Detections

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