RHEL 9 : openssl (RHSA-2023:0946)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171973

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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-2023:0946 advisory.

- openssl: read buffer overflow in X.509 certificate verification (CVE-2022-4203)

- openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation (CVE-2022-4304)

- openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex (CVE-2022-4450)

- openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF (CVE-2023-0215)

- openssl: invalid pointer dereference in d2i_PKCS7 functions (CVE-2023-0216)

- openssl: NULL dereference validating DSA public key (CVE-2023-0217)

- openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286)

- openssl: NULL dereference during PKCS7 data verification (CVE-2023-0401)

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-2023:0946.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171973

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0946.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/28/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, 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: 2/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4203, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0216, CVE-2023-0217, CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0401

CWE: 125, 415, 416, 704

IAVA: 2022-A-0518-S

RHSA: 2023:0946

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