Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: openssl / openssl-debuginfo / openssl-debugsource / openssl-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_9333)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 359062

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_9333 advisory.

* openssl: Unbounded memory growth with session handling in TLSv1.3 (CVE-2024-2511)

* openssl: Excessive time spent checking DSA keys and parameters (CVE-2024-4603)

* openssl: Use After Free with SSL_free_buffers (CVE-2024-4741)

* openssl: SSL_select_next_proto buffer overread (CVE-2024-5535)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

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 affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_9333.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 359062

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2024_9333.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

Percentile: 98.45

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5535

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2511, CVE-2024-4603, CVE-2024-4741, CVE-2024-5535

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