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OpenSSL 3.0.0 < 3.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

2021-12-1500:00:00
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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.119 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.4%

The version of OpenSSL installed on the remote host is prior to 3.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 3.0.1 advisory.

  • There is a carry propagation bug in the MIPS32 and MIPS64 squaring procedure. Many EC algorithms are affected, including some of the TLS 1.3 default curves. Impact was not analyzed in detail, because the pre-requisites for attack are considered unlikely and include reusing private keys. Analysis suggests that attacks against RSA and DSA as a result of this defect would be very difficult to perform and are not believed likely. Attacks against DH are considered just feasible (although very difficult) because most of the work necessary to deduce information about a private key may be performed offline. The amount of resources required for such an attack would be significant. However, for an attack on TLS to be meaningful, the server would have to share the DH private key among multiple clients, which is no longer an option since CVE-2016-0701. This issue affects OpenSSL versions 1.0.2, 1.1.1 and 3.0.0. It was addressed in the releases of 1.1.1m and 3.0.1 on the 15th of December 2021. For the 1.0.2 release it is addressed in git commit 6fc1aaaf3 that is available to premium support customers only. It will be made available in 1.0.2zc when it is released. The issue only affects OpenSSL on MIPS platforms. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.1 (Affected 3.0.0). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1m (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1l). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2zc- dev (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2zb). (CVE-2021-4160)

  • Internally libssl in OpenSSL calls X509_verify_cert() on the client side to verify a certificate supplied by a server. That function may return a negative return value to indicate an internal error (for example out of memory). Such a negative return value is mishandled by OpenSSL and will cause an IO function (such as SSL_connect() or SSL_do_handshake()) to not indicate success and a subsequent call to SSL_get_error() to return the value SSL_ERROR_WANT_RETRY_VERIFY. This return value is only supposed to be returned by OpenSSL if the application has previously called SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(). Since most applications do not do this the SSL_ERROR_WANT_RETRY_VERIFY return value from SSL_get_error() will be totally unexpected and applications may not behave correctly as a result. The exact behaviour will depend on the application but it could result in crashes, infinite loops or other similar incorrect responses.
    This issue is made more serious in combination with a separate bug in OpenSSL 3.0 that will cause X509_verify_cert() to indicate an internal error when processing a certificate chain. This will occur where a certificate does not include the Subject Alternative Name extension but where a Certificate Authority has enforced name constraints. This issue can occur even with valid chains. By combining the two issues an attacker could induce incorrect, application dependent behaviour. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.1 (Affected 3.0.0). (CVE-2021-4044)

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

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(156100);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/07");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-4044", "CVE-2021-4160");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0602-S");

  script_name(english:"OpenSSL 3.0.0 < 3.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote service is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of OpenSSL installed on the remote host is prior to 3.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the 3.0.1 advisory.

  - There is a carry propagation bug in the MIPS32 and MIPS64 squaring procedure. Many EC algorithms are
    affected, including some of the TLS 1.3 default curves. Impact was not analyzed in detail, because the
    pre-requisites for attack are considered unlikely and include reusing private keys. Analysis suggests that
    attacks against RSA and DSA as a result of this defect would be very difficult to perform and are not
    believed likely. Attacks against DH are considered just feasible (although very difficult) because most of
    the work necessary to deduce information about a private key may be performed offline. The amount of
    resources required for such an attack would be significant. However, for an attack on TLS to be
    meaningful, the server would have to share the DH private key among multiple clients, which is no longer
    an option since CVE-2016-0701. This issue affects OpenSSL versions 1.0.2, 1.1.1 and 3.0.0. It was
    addressed in the releases of 1.1.1m and 3.0.1 on the 15th of December 2021. For the 1.0.2 release it is
    addressed in git commit 6fc1aaaf3 that is available to premium support customers only. It will be made
    available in 1.0.2zc when it is released. The issue only affects OpenSSL on MIPS platforms. Fixed in
    OpenSSL 3.0.1 (Affected 3.0.0). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1m (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1l). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2zc-
    dev (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2zb). (CVE-2021-4160)

  - Internally libssl in OpenSSL calls X509_verify_cert() on the client side to verify a certificate supplied
    by a server. That function may return a negative return value to indicate an internal error (for example
    out of memory). Such a negative return value is mishandled by OpenSSL and will cause an IO function (such
    as SSL_connect() or SSL_do_handshake()) to not indicate success and a subsequent call to SSL_get_error()
    to return the value SSL_ERROR_WANT_RETRY_VERIFY. This return value is only supposed to be returned by
    OpenSSL if the application has previously called SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback(). Since most
    applications do not do this the SSL_ERROR_WANT_RETRY_VERIFY return value from SSL_get_error() will be
    totally unexpected and applications may not behave correctly as a result. The exact behaviour will depend
    on the application but it could result in crashes, infinite loops or other similar incorrect responses.
    This issue is made more serious in combination with a separate bug in OpenSSL 3.0 that will cause
    X509_verify_cert() to indicate an internal error when processing a certificate chain. This will occur
    where a certificate does not include the Subject Alternative Name extension but where a Certificate
    Authority has enforced name constraints. This issue can occur even with valid chains. By combining the two
    issues an attacker could induce incorrect, application dependent behaviour. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.1
    (Affected 3.0.0). (CVE-2021-4044)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=3bf7b73ea7123045b8f972badc67ed6878e6c37f
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0a9d0779");
  # https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=758754966791c537ea95241438454aa86f91f256
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ca290235");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4044");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4160");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20211214.txt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20220128.txt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to OpenSSL version 3.0.1 or later.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-4160");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/12/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/12/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/12/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:openssl:openssl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Web Servers");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("openssl_version.nasl", "openssl_nix_installed.nbin", "openssl_win_installed.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/OpenSSL");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras_openssl.inc');

var app_info = vcf::combined_get_app_info(app:'OpenSSL');

vcf::check_all_backporting(app_info:app_info);

var constraints = [
  { 'min_version' : '3.0.0', 'fixed_version' : '3.0.1' }
];

vcf::openssl::check_version_and_report(
    app_info:app_info,
    constraints:constraints,
    severity:SECURITY_WARNING
);
VendorProductVersionCPE
opensslopensslcpe:/a:openssl:openssl

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.119 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.4%