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FreeBSD : OpenSSL -- multiple vulnerabilities (43eaa656-80bc-11e6-bf52-b499baebfeaf)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93674

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

OpenSSL reports :

High: OCSP Status Request extension unbounded memory growth

SSL_peek() hang on empty record

SWEET32 Mitigation

OOB write in MDC2_Update()

Malformed SHA512 ticket DoS

OOB write in BN_bn2dec()

OOB read in TS_OBJ_print_bio()

Pointer arithmetic undefined behaviour

Constant time flag not preserved in DSA signing

DTLS buffered message DoS

DTLS replay protection DoS

Certificate message OOB reads

Excessive allocation of memory in tls_get_message_header()

Excessive allocation of memory in dtls1_preprocess_fragment()

NB: LibreSSL is only affected by CVE-2016-6304

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160922.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?ed1ae987

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93674

File Name: freebsd_pkg_43eaa65680bc11e6bf52b499baebfeaf.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Published: 9/23/2016

Updated: 1/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6303

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:openssl, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-c6-openssl

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: 9/22/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2177, CVE-2016-2178, CVE-2016-2179, CVE-2016-2180, CVE-2016-2181, CVE-2016-2182, CVE-2016-2183, CVE-2016-6302, CVE-2016-6303, CVE-2016-6304, CVE-2016-6305, CVE-2016-6306, CVE-2016-6307, CVE-2016-6308

FreeBSD: SA-16:26.openssl