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Debian DSA-2837-1 : openssl - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71849

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Synopsis

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

Description

Anton Johansson discovered that an invalid TLS handshake package could crash OpenSSL with a NULL pointer dereference.

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the openssl packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1e-2+deb7u3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/openssl

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2837

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71849

File Name: debian_DSA-2837.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4353

DSA: 2837