RHEL 7 : pyOpenSSL (RHSA-2019:0085)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194081

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0085 advisory.

- pyOpenSSL: Use-after-free in X509 object handling (CVE-2018-1000807)

- pyOpenSSL: Failure to release memory before removing last reference in PKCS #12 Store (CVE-2018-1000808)

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 pyOpenSSL package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:0085.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194081

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-0085.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000807

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pyopenssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pyopenssl

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: 1/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000807, CVE-2018-1000808

CWE: 400, 416

RHSA: 2019:0085

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