OpenSSL Heartbeat Information Disclosure (Heartbleed)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73412

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Synopsis

The remote service is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

Based on its response to a TLS request with a specially crafted heartbeat message (RFC 6520), the remote service appears to be affected by an out-of-bounds read flaw.

This flaw could allow a remote attacker to read the contents of up to 64KB of server memory, potentially exposing passwords, private keys, and other sensitive data.

Solution

Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.1g or later.

Alternatively, recompile OpenSSL with the '-DOPENSSL_NO_HEARTBEATS' flag to disable the vulnerable functionality.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73412

File Name: openssl_heartbleed.nasl

Version: 2.23

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/8/2014

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:openssl:openssl

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2014

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/25/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (OpenSSL Heartbeat (Heartbleed) Information Leak)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0160

BID: 66690

CERT: 720951

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