RHEL 9 : openssl (RHSA-2022:6224)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 164507

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for openssl.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6224 advisory.

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.

Security Fix(es):

* openssl: c_rehash script allows command injection (CVE-2022-1292)

* openssl: Signer certificate verification returns inaccurate response when using OCSP_NOCHECKS (CVE-2022-1343)

* openssl: OPENSSL_LH_flush() breaks reuse of memory (CVE-2022-1473)

* openssl: the c_rehash script allows command injection (CVE-2022-2068)

* openssl: AES OCB fails to encrypt some bytes (CVE-2022-2097)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* openssl occasionally sends internal error to gnutls when using FFDHE (BZ#2080323)

* openssl req defaults to 3DES (BZ#2085499)

* OpenSSL accepts custom elliptic curve parameters when p is large [rhel-9] (BZ#2085508)

* OpenSSL mustn't work with ECDSA with explicit curve parameters in FIPS mode (BZ#2085521)

* openssl s_server -groups secp256k1 in FIPS fails because X25519/X448 (BZ#2086554)

* Converting FIPS power-on self test to KAT (BZ#2086866)

* Small RSA keys work for some operations in FIPS mode (BZ#2091938)

* FIPS provider doesn't block RSA encryption for key transport (BZ#2091977)

* OpenSSL testsuite certificates expired (BZ#2095696)

* [IBM 9.1 HW OPT] POWER10 performance enhancements for cryptography: OpenSSL (BZ#2103044)

* [FIPS lab review] self-test (BZ#2112978)

* [FIPS lab review] DH tuning (BZ#2115856)

* [FIPS lab review] EC tuning (BZ#2115857)

* [FIPS lab review] RSA tuning (BZ#2115858)

* [FIPS lab review] RAND tuning (BZ#2115859)

* [FIPS lab review] zeroization (BZ#2115861)

* [FIPS lab review] HKDF limitations (BZ#2118388)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL openssl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:6224.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 164507

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6224.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2022

Updated: 3/21/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-perl

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: 8/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1292, CVE-2022-1343, CVE-2022-1473, CVE-2022-2068, CVE-2022-2097

CWE: 295, 325, 401, 77

IAVA: 2022-A-0186-S, 2022-A-0257-S, 2022-A-0265-S

RHSA: 2022:6224

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