RHEL 9 : openssl (RHSA-2022:7288)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166789

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:7288 advisory.

- OpenSSL: X.509 Email Address Buffer Overflow (CVE-2022-3602)

- OpenSSL: X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow (CVE-2022-3786)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3602

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3786

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7288

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2137723

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2139104

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166789

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-7288.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/2/2022

Updated: 5/25/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3786

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:9.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-libs, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786

CWE: 119, 121, 193

IAVA: 2022-A-0452-S

RHSA: 2022:7288