OpenSSL 1.0.2 < 1.0.2n Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105291

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Synopsis

A service running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the version of OpenSSL running on the remote host is 1.0.x prior to 1.0.2n. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities that allow potential recovery of private key information or failure to properly encrypt data.

Solution

Upgrade to OpenSSL version 1.0.2n or later.

See Also

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20171207.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105291

File Name: openssl_1_0_2n.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 12/15/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

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: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:openssl:openssl

Required KB Items: openssl/port

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2017

Reference Information

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

BID: 102103, 102118