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Debian DLA-177-1 : openssl security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 82162
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues :CVE-2015-0209
It was discovered that a malformed EC private key might result in memory corruption.
CVE-2015-0286
Stephen Henson discovered that the ASN1_TYPE_cmp() function can be crashed, resulting in denial of service.
CVE-2015-0287
Emilia Kaesper discovered a memory corruption in ASN.1 parsing.
CVE-2015-0288
It was discovered that missing input sanitising in the X509_to_X509_REQ() function might result in denial of service.
CVE-2015-0289
Michal Zalewski discovered a NULL pointer dereference in the PKCS#7 parsing code, resulting in denial of service.
CVE-2015-0292
It was discovered that missing input sanitising in base64 decoding might result in memory corruption.
CVE-2015-0293
A malicious client can trigger an OPENSSL_assert (i.e., an abort) in servers that both support SSLv2 and enable export cipher suites by sending a specially crafted SSLv2 CLIENT-MASTER-KEY message.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/03/msg00014.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 82162
File Name: debian_DLA-177.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcrypto0.9.8-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl0.9.8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl0.9.8-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-0209, CVE-2015-0286, CVE-2015-0287, CVE-2015-0288, CVE-2015-0289, CVE-2015-0292, CVE-2015-0293