FreeBSD : OpenSSL -- DTLS Denial of Service (5c5f19ce-43af-11e1-89b4-001ec9578670)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57628

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The OpenSSL Team reports :

A flaw in the fix to CVE-2011-4108 can be exploited in a denial of service attack. Only DTLS applications using OpenSSL 1.0.0f and 0.9.8s are affected.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20120118.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?64b38167

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57628

File Name: freebsd_pkg_5c5f19ce43af11e189b4001ec9578670.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 1/23/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:openssl, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0050