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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : openssl (ELSA-2015-0066)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80877

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0066 advisory.

 - fix CVE-2014-3570 - incorrect computation in BN_sqr()
 - fix CVE-2014-3571 - possible crash in dtls1_get_record()
 - fix CVE-2014-3572 - possible downgrade of ECDH ciphersuite to non-PFS state
 - fix CVE-2014-8275 - various certificate fingerprint issues
 - fix CVE-2015-0204 - remove support for RSA ephemeral keys for non-export ciphersuites and on server
 - fix CVE-2015-0205 - do not allow unauthenticated client DH certificate

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0066.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80877

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0066.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2015

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0205

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0204

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-perl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3570, CVE-2014-3571, CVE-2014-3572, CVE-2014-8275, CVE-2015-0204, CVE-2015-0205, CVE-2015-0206

BID: 71935, 71936, 71937, 71939, 71940, 71941, 71942

RHSA: 2015:0066