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Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : openssl (SSA:2017-342-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105113

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.

Solution

Update the affected openssl and / or openssl-solibs packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ea76e1e9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105113

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2017-342-01.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Published: 12/11/2017

Updated: 11/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2017-3738

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.2, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:13.37, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:openssl-solibs, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:13.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3737, CVE-2017-3738

SSA: 2017-342-01