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GLSA-201702-07 : OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 97183

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201702-07 (OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker is able to crash applications linked against OpenSSL or could obtain sensitive private-key information via an attack against the Diffie-Hellman (DH) ciphersuite.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All OpenSSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.2k'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 97183

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201702-07.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Published: 2/15/2017

Updated: 1/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3732

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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openssl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7055, CVE-2017-3730, CVE-2017-3731, CVE-2017-3732

GLSA: 201702-07