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RHEL 5 / 6 : openssl (RHSA-2012:0518)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 58869
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openssl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0518 advisory.- openssl: asn1_d2i_read_bio integer errors leading to buffer overflow (CVE-2012-2110)
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 RHEL openssl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0518.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b27b78d3
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20120419.txt
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0518
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 58869
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0518.nasl
Version: 1.31
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/25/2012
Updated: 4/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2110
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl097a, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssl098e, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-2110
BID: 53158