RHEL 6 : openssl (RHSA-2014:1054)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79040

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for openssl.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1054 advisory.

- openssl: DTLS packet processing double free (CVE-2014-3505)

- openssl: DTLS memory exhaustion (CVE-2014-3506)

- openssl: DTLS memory leak from zero-length fragments (CVE-2014-3507)

- openssl: information leak in pretty printing functions (CVE-2014-3508)

- openssl: race condition in ssl_parse_serverhello_tlsext (CVE-2014-3509)

- openssl: DTLS anonymous (EC)DH denial of service (CVE-2014-3510)

- openssl: TLS protocol downgrade attack (CVE-2014-3511)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2014:1054.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79040

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1054.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/8/2014

Updated: 4/24/2024

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3509

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-2014-3507

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, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3505, CVE-2014-3506, CVE-2014-3507, CVE-2014-3508, CVE-2014-3509, CVE-2014-3510, CVE-2014-3511

BID: 69075, 69076, 69078, 69079, 69081, 69082, 69084

CWE: 200, 362, 390, 400, 401, 476, 672

RHSA: 2014:1054

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