GLSA-200710-06 : OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 26946
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200710-06 (OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities)Moritz Jodeit reported an off-by-one error in the SSL_get_shared_ciphers() function, resulting from an incomplete fix of CVE-2006-3738. A flaw has also been reported in the BN_from_montgomery() function in crypto/bn/bn_mont.c when performing Montgomery multiplication.
Impact :
A remote attacker sending a specially crafted packet to an application relying on OpenSSL could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. A local attacker could perform a side channel attack to retrieve the RSA private keys.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8e-r3'
See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 26946
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200710-06.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 10/9/2007
Updated: 1/6/2021
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openssl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2006