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RHEL 6 : openssl (RHSA-2021:0056)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 155786
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0056 advisory.- openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference (CVE-2020-1971)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1971
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 155786
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0056.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/2/2021
Updated: 11/22/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1971
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-static
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-1971