McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux OpenSSL Information Disclosure (SB10071) (Heartbleed)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 73854

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The remote host has a version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux (VSEL) that is affected by an information disclosure due to a flaw in the OpenSSL library, commonly known as the Heartbleed bug. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability repeatedly to read up to 64KB of memory from the device.

Solution

Apply the relevant hotfix referenced in the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10071

http://www.heartbleed.com

https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/140

https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#2014-0160

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20140407.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73854

File Name: mcafee_vsel_SB10071.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 2014/05/03

Updated: 2019/11/26

Dependencies: 73852

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0160

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise

Required KB Items: installed_sw/McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2014/04/22

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2014/02/24

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0160

BID: 66690

CERT: 720951

EDB-ID: 32745, 32764, 32791, 32998

MCAFEE-SB: SB10071