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Debian DSA-4594-1 : openssl1.0 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 132425

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Guido Vranken discovered an overflow bug in the x64_64 Montgomery squaring procedure used in exponentiation with 512-bit moduli.

Solution

Upgrade the openssl1.0 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2u-1~deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openssl1.0

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/openssl1.0

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4594

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 132425

File Name: debian_DSA-4594.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/30/2019

Updated: 4/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1551

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl1.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1551

DSA: 4594

IAVA: 2019-A-0303-S