RHEL 8 : openssl (RHSA-2023:1405)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173311

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:1405 advisory.

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

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-2023:1405.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8c1e1649

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164440

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164487

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164492

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2164494

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1405

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173311

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-1405.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2023

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:8, 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: 3/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286

CWE: 415, 416, 704

IAVA: 2022-A-0518-S

RHSA: 2023:1405