The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2021:4424 advisory.

  - Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument     in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissable length for an integer on the     platform. In such cases the return value from the function call will be 1 (indicating success), but the     output length value will be negative. This could cause applications to behave incorrectly or crash.
    OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to     OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out     of support and no longer receiving public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should     upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i).
    Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2x). (CVE-2021-23840)

  - The OpenSSL public API function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() attempts to create a unique hash value based     on the issuer and serial number data contained within an X509 certificate. However it fails to correctly     handle any errors that may occur while parsing the issuer field (which might occur if the issuer field is     maliciously constructed). This may subsequently result in a NULL pointer deref and a crash leading to a     potential denial of service attack. The function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() is never directly called by     OpenSSL itself so applications are only vulnerable if they use this function directly and they use it on     certificates that may have been obtained from untrusted sources. OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are     affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x     and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out of support and no longer receiving     public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should     upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected     1.0.2-1.0.2x). (CVE-2021-23841)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 5.20.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-5.20.3 advisory.

  - xpointer.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (as used in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and     watchOS before 3, and other products) does not forbid namespace nodes in XPointer ranges, which allows     remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and memory     corruption) via a crafted XML document. (CVE-2016-4658)

  - NSS (Network Security Services) versions prior to 3.73 or 3.68.1 ESR are vulnerable to a heap overflow     when handling DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS signatures. Applications using NSS for handling signatures     encoded within CMS, S/MIME, PKCS \#7, or PKCS \#12 are likely to be impacted. Applications using NSS for     certificate validation or other TLS, X.509, OCSP or CRL functionality may be impacted, depending on how     they configure NSS. *Note: This vulnerability does NOT impact Mozilla Firefox.* However, email clients and     PDF viewers that use NSS for signature verification, such as Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Evolution and     Evince are believed to be impacted. This vulnerability affects NSS < 3.73 and NSS < 3.68.1.
    (CVE-2021-43527)

  - Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.6, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.46 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.66 did not correctly parse the HTTP     transfer-encoding request header in some circumstances leading to the possibility to request smuggling     when used with a reverse proxy. Specifically: - Tomcat incorrectly ignored the transfer encoding header if     the client declared it would only accept an HTTP/1.0 response; - Tomcat honoured the identify encoding;
    and - Tomcat did not ensure that, if present, the chunked encoding was the final encoding.
    (CVE-2021-33037)

  - A flaw was found in the way RTAS handled memory accesses in userspace to kernel communication. On a locked     down (usually due to Secure Boot) guest system running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors (pseries     platform) a root like local user could use this flaw to further increase their privileges to that of a     running kernel. (CVE-2020-27777)

  - A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c.
    This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name     space (CVE-2021-22555)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:14667-1 advisory.

  - Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument     in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissable length for an integer on the     platform. In such cases the return value from the function call will be 1 (indicating success), but the     output length value will be negative. This could cause applications to behave incorrectly or crash.
    OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to     OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out     of support and no longer receiving public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should     upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i).
    Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2x). (CVE-2021-23840)

  - The OpenSSL public API function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() attempts to create a unique hash value based     on the issuer and serial number data contained within an X509 certificate. However it fails to correctly     handle any errors that may occur while parsing the issuer field (which might occur if the issuer field is     maliciously constructed). This may subsequently result in a NULL pointer deref and a crash leading to a     potential denial of service attack. The function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() is never directly called by     OpenSSL itself so applications are only vulnerable if they use this function directly and they use it on     certificates that may have been obtained from untrusted sources. OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are     affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x     and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out of support and no longer receiving     public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should     upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected     1.0.2-1.0.2x). (CVE-2021-23841)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2021:4424 advisory.

  - Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument     in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissable length for an integer on the     platform. In such cases the return value from the function call will be 1 (indicating success), but the     output length value will be negative. This could cause applications to behave incorrectly or crash.
    OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to     OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out     of support and no longer receiving public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should     upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i).
    Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2x). (CVE-2021-23840)

  - The OpenSSL public API function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() attempts to create a unique hash value based     on the issuer and serial number data contained within an X509 certificate. However it fails to correctly     handle any errors that may occur while parsing the issuer field (which might occur if the issuer field is     maliciously constructed). This may subsequently result in a NULL pointer deref and a crash leading to a     potential denial of service attack. The function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() is never directly called by     OpenSSL itself so applications are only vulnerable if they use this function directly and they use it on     certificates that may have been obtained from untrusted sources. OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are     affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x     and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out of support and no longer receiving     public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should     upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected     1.0.2-1.0.2x). (CVE-2021-23841)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9478 advisory.

    - fix CVE-2021-23841 openssl: NULL pointer dereference       in X509_issuer_and_serial_hash()
    - fix CVE-2021-23840 openssl: integer overflow in CipherUpdate

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.

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3798 advisory.

  - Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument     in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissable length for an integer on the     platform. In such cases the return value from the function call will be 1 (indicating success), but the     output length value will be negative. This could cause applications to behave incorrectly or crash.
    OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to     OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out     of support and no longer receiving public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should     upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i).
    Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2x). (CVE-2021-23840)

  - The OpenSSL public API function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() attempts to create a unique hash value based     on the issuer and serial number data contained within an X509 certificate. However it fails to correctly     handle any errors that may occur while parsing the issuer field (which might occur if the issuer field is     maliciously constructed). This may subsequently result in a NULL pointer deref and a crash leading to a     potential denial of service attack. The function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() is never directly called by     OpenSSL itself so applications are only vulnerable if they use this function directly and they use it on     certificates that may have been obtained from untrusted sources. OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are     affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x     and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out of support and no longer receiving     public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should     upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected     1.0.2-1.0.2x). (CVE-2021-23841)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-2463:03 advisory.

    * openssl: integer overflow in CipherUpdate (CVE-2021-23840)
      * openssl: NULL pointer dereference in X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() (CVE-2021-23841)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-017587 advisory.

    The OpenSSL public API function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() attempts to create a unique hash value based     on the issuer and serial number data contained within an X509 certificate. However it fails to correctly     handle any errors that may occur while parsing the issuer field (which might occur if the issuer field is     maliciously constructed). This may subsequently result in a NULL pointer deref and a crash leading to a     potential denial of service attack. The function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() is never directly called by     OpenSSL itself so applications are only vulnerable if they use this function directly and they use it on     certificates that may have been obtained from untrusted sources. OpenSSL versions 1.1.1i and below are     affected by this issue. Users of these versions should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1.1j. OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x     and below are affected by this issue. However OpenSSL 1.0.2 is out of support and no longer receiving     public updates. Premium support customers of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should upgrade to 1.0.2y. Other users should     upgrade to 1.1.1j. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1j (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2y (Affected     1.0.2-1.0.2x).

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
184910	Rocky Linux 8 : openssl (RLSA-2021:4424)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	11/7/2023	11/7/2023	high
164611	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.20.3)	Nessus	Misc.	9/1/2022	7/24/2026	high
150559	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : openssl1 (SUSE-SU-2021:14667-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/10/2021	12/26/2023	high
157585	AlmaLinux 8 : openssl (ALSA-2021:4424)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	2/9/2022	11/10/2023	high
154916	Oracle Linux 7 : openssl (ELSA-2021-9478)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	11/5/2021	2/9/2026	high
155545	CentOS 7 : openssl (RHSA-2021:3798)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	11/17/2021	10/9/2024	high
294271	MiracleLinux 7 : openssl-1.0.2k-22.el7 (AXSA:2021-2463:03)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/20/2026	1/21/2026	high
313928	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: openssl (UTSA-2026-017587)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	5/11/2026	5/11/2026	medium

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