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OpenSSL < 0.9.6j / 0.9.7b Multiple Vulnerabilities

This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2010 Tenable Network Security, Inc.

FamilyWeb Servers
Nessus Plugin ID11267 (openssl_password_interception.nasl)
Bugtraq ID6884
7148
CVE IDCVE-2003-0078
CVE-2003-0131
CVE-2003-0147

Description:
Synopsis :

The remote host has an application that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.

Description :

According to its banner, the remote host is using a version
of OpenSSL older than 0.9.6j or 0.9.7b.

This version is vulnerable to a timing based attack which may
allow an attacker to guess the content of fixed data blocks and
may eventually be able to guess the value of the private RSA key
of the server.

An attacker may use this implementation flaw to sniff the
data going to this host and decrypt some parts of it, as well
as impersonate your server and perform man in the middle attacks.

See also :

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030219.txt
http://lasecwww.epfl.ch/memo_ssl.shtml
http://eprint.iacr.org/2003/052/

Solution :

Upgrade to version 0.9.6j (0.9.7b) or newer.

Risk factor :

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4.3
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
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