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Echo: openssl-1.0.1g: security update to 1.0.1g+e1

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478428

Description

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

 - The dtls1_clear_queues function in ssl/d1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1
 before 1.0.1h frees data structures without considering that application data can arrive between a
 ChangeCipherSpec message and a Finished message, which allows remote DTLS peers to cause a denial of
 service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unexpected
 application data. (CVE-2014-8176)

Solution

Update the openssl-1.0.1g library and its related packages to version 1.0.1g+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2014-8176

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 478428

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

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-2014-8176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8176