CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
81.0%
It was discovered that OpenSSL does not properly verify DSA signatures on X.509 certificates due to an API misuse, potentially leading to the acceptance of incorrect X.509 certificates as genuine (CVE-2008-5077 ).
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1701. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(35364);
script_version("1.22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5077", "CVE-2009-0021", "CVE-2009-0046", "CVE-2009-0047", "CVE-2009-0048", "CVE-2009-0049", "CVE-2009-0124", "CVE-2009-0125", "CVE-2009-0127", "CVE-2009-0128", "CVE-2009-0130");
script_bugtraq_id(33150);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1701");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1701-1 : openssl, openssl097 - interpretation conflict");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"It was discovered that OpenSSL does not properly verify DSA signatures
on X.509 certificates due to an API misuse, potentially leading to the
acceptance of incorrect X.509 certificates as genuine (CVE-2008-5077
)."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511196"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5077"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1701"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the OpenSSL packages.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.8c-4etch4 of the openssl package, and version
0.9.7k-3.1etch2 of the openssl097 package."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(20, 287);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl097");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/01/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/01/14");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libssl-dev", reference:"0.9.8c-4etch4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libssl0.9.7", reference:"0.9.7k-3.1etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libssl0.9.7-dbg", reference:"0.9.7k-3.1etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libssl0.9.8", reference:"0.9.8c-4etch4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libssl0.9.8-dbg", reference:"0.9.8c-4etch4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"openssl", reference:"0.9.8c-4etch4")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5077
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0021
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0046
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0047
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0048
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0049
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0124
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0125
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0127
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0128
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0130
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511196
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5077
www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1701