FreeBSD : wolfssl -- leakage of private key information (331eabb3-85b1-466a-a2af-66ac864d395a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93442

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Florian Weimer of Redhat discovered that an optimization in RSA signature validation can result in disclosure of the server's private key under certain fault conditions.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93442

File Name: freebsd_pkg_331eabb385b1466aa2af66ac864d395a.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 9/13/2016

Updated: 1/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7744

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wolfssl, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7744

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