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

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478539

Description

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

 - The OBJ_obj2txt function in crypto/objects/obj_dat.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n,
 and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i, when pretty printing is used, does not ensure the presence of '\0' characters,
 which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process stack memory by
 reading output from X509_name_oneline, X509_name_print_ex, and unspecified other functions.
 (CVE-2014-3508)

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-2014-3508

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 478539

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3508

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3508