CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
64.8%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131170");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7940");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-12-29 09:15:52 +0000 (Tue, 29 Dec 2015)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_name("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0487)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Mageia Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mageia_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MAGEIA5");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MGASA-2015-0487");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0487.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16996");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00036.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'bouncycastle' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0487 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is within
the elliptic curve, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain
private keys via a series of crafted elliptic curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) key
exchanges, aka an 'invalid curve attack' (CVE-2015-7940).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'bouncycastle' package(s) on Mageia 5.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "MAGEIA5") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bouncycastle", rpm:"bouncycastle~1.50~3.1.mga5", rls:"MAGEIA5"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"bouncycastle-javadoc", rpm:"bouncycastle-javadoc~1.50~3.1.mga5", rls:"MAGEIA5"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);