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Echo: openssl-1.0.1g: security update to 1.0.1g+e1openssl-1.1.1c: security update to 1.1.1c+e1openssl-1.1.1g: security update to 1.1.1g+e1openssl-1.1.1k: security update to 1.1.1k+e1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478448

Description

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

 - There is a type confusion vulnerability relating to X.400 address processing inside an X.509 GeneralName.
 X.400 addresses were parsed as an ASN1_STRING but the public structure definition for GENERAL_NAME
 incorrectly specified the type of the x400Address field as ASN1_TYPE. This field is subsequently
 interpreted by the OpenSSL function GENERAL_NAME_cmp as an ASN1_TYPE rather than an ASN1_STRING. When CRL
 checking is enabled (i.e. the application sets the X509_V_FLAG_CRL_CHECK flag), this vulnerability may
 allow an attacker to pass arbitrary pointers to a memcmp call, enabling them to read memory contents or
 enact a denial of service. In most cases, the attack requires the attacker to provide both the certificate
 chain and CRL, neither of which need to have a valid signature. If the attacker only controls one of these
 inputs, the other input must already contain an X.400 address as a CRL distribution point, which is
 uncommon. As such, this vulnerability is most likely to only affect applications which have implemented
 their own functionality for retrieving CRLs over a network. (CVE-2023-0286)

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-2023-0286

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 478448

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.06

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0286