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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : OpenSSL vulnerabilities (USN-2192-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73882

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory in the ssl3_read_bytes() function. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2010-5298)

It was discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory in the do_ssl3_write() function. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-0198).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2192-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73882

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2192-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2014

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-5298

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0198

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl1.0.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl1.0.0-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrypto1.0.0-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-5298, CVE-2014-0198

BID: 66801, 67193

USN: 2192-1