Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-3566

low Nessus Plugin ID 218150

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- The SSL protocol 3.0, as used in OpenSSL through 1.0.1i and other products, uses nondeterministic CBC padding, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data via a padding- oracle attack, aka the POODLE issue. (CVE-2014-3566)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3566

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3566

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3566

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 218150

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2014_3566.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3566

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl097a, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:surf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pound, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-pkcs11-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:puppet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss, cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:5::el6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl097a, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl098e, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl098e, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss-sysinit, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:puppet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nss, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:midori, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:epiphany-browser, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-pkcs11-devel

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3566