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MiracleLinux 3 : openssl097a-0.9.7a-9AXS3.1 (AXSA:2009-12:01)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 284267
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2009-12:01 advisory.The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between machines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared libraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and protocols.
Bugs fixed:
CVE-2008-5077 OpenSSL 0.9.8i and earlier does not properly check the return value from the EVP_VerifyFinal function, which allows remote attackers to bypass validation of the certificate chain via a malformed SSL/TLS signature for DSA and ECDSA keys.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected openssl097a package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 284267
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2009-12.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/14/2026
Updated: 1/14/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5077
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssl097a
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5077