Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 / 14.04 LTS : openssl vulnerabilities (USN-2192-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 73882
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.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 libssl1.0.0 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 73882
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2192-1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 5/6/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl1.0.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
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
USN: 2192-1