OpenSSL 1.x < 1.0.0e Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801065

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Versions of OpenSSL 1.0.0 earlier than and 1.0.0e are potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An error exists in the internal certificate verification process that can allow improper acceptance of a certificate revolcation list (CRL) if the lists's 'nextUpdate' field contains a date in teh past. Note that this internal CRL checking is not enabled by defaut. (CVE-2011-3207)

- An error exists in the code for the ephemeral (EC)DH ciphersuites that can allow a remote attacker to crash the process. (CVE-2011-3210)

Solution

Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.0e or later.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736079

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736087

http://.openssl.org/news/changelog.html

openssl.org/news/secadv_20110906.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 801065

Family: Web Servers

Published: 9/6/2011

Nessus ID: 56162

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3207, CVE-2011-3210

BID: 49469, 49471