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

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478477

Description

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

 - The ASN1_item_ex_d2i function in crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r,
 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a does not reinitialize CHOICE and ADB data structures, which
 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write operation and memory corruption) by
 leveraging an application that relies on ASN.1 structure reuse. (CVE-2015-0287)

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-2015-0287

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 478477

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

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 Score Source: CVE-2015-0287

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0287