Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : openssl vulnerability (USN-884-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43898

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that OpenSSL did not correctly free unused memory in certain situations. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw in services that used SSL, causing the service to use all available system memory, leading to a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/884-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43898

File Name: ubuntu_USN-884-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2010

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl0.9.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libssl0.9.8-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssl-doc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4355

BID: 31692

CWE: 399

USN: 884-1