SB2015011003 - Multiple vulnerabilities in HP SSL for OpenVMS

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SB2015011003 - Multiple vulnerabilities in HP SSL for OpenVMS

Published: January 10, 2015 Updated: April 26, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2015011003
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 75% Low 25%
  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3556)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The STARTTLS implementation in mail/ngx_mail_smtp_handler.c in the SMTP proxy in nginx 1.5.x and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted SMTP sessions by sending a cleartext command that is processed after TLS is in place, related to a "plaintext command injection" attack, a similar issue to CVE-2011-0411.


2) Session Ticket Memory Leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3567)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling integrity of session tickets in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can send a large number of invalid session tickets and cause denial of service conditions.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

3) Forced SSLv3 support (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3568)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to force SSLv3 usage.

When OpenSSL is configured with "no-ssl3" as a build option, servers could accept and complete a SSL 3.0 handshake, and clients could be configured to send them. A remote attacker can force SSLv3 usage and perfom a variety of attacks against SSLv3 protocol

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3566)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of insecure SSLv3 protocol in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can force the current connection between user and server to be downgraded to SSLv3 protocol and then use padding-oracle attack on Cypher-block chaining (CBC) mode to decrypt encrypted communication.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to read encrypted communications in clear text.

Note: The vulnerability is known as POODLE.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References