| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| nessus | www.nessus.org/u |
| openssl-library | www.openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20250930.txt |
| nessus | www.nessus.org/u |
| cve | www.cve.org/CVERecord |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(266318);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/02/24");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-9230");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2025-A-0716-S");
script_name(english:"OpenSSL 1.0.2 < 1.0.2zm Vulnerability");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote service is affected by a vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of OpenSSL installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.2zm. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability
as referenced in the 1.0.2zm advisory.
- Issue summary: An application trying to decrypt CMS messages encrypted using password based encryption can
trigger an out-of-bounds read and write. Impact summary: This out-of-bounds read may trigger a crash which
leads to Denial of Service for an application. The out-of-bounds write can cause a memory corruption which
can have various consequences including a Denial of Service or Execution of attacker-supplied code.
Although the consequences of a successful exploit of this vulnerability could be severe, the probability
that the attacker would be able to perform it is low. Besides, password based (PWRI) encryption support in
CMS messages is very rarely used. For that reason the issue was assessed as Moderate severity according to
our Security Policy. The FIPS modules in 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue,
as the CMS implementation is outside the OpenSSL FIPS module boundary. (CVE-2025-9230)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# https://github.openssl.org/openssl/extended-releases/commit/c2b96348bfa662f25f4fabf81958ae822063dae3
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c485e5be");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20250930.txt");
# https://openssl-library.org/policies/general/security-policy/index.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?eac4598c");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9230");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to OpenSSL version 1.0.2zm or later.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-9230");
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:"2025/09/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/09/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/10/01");
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:"II");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Web Servers");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 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' : '1.0.2', 'fixed_version' : '1.0.2zm' }
];
vcf::openssl::check_version_and_report(
app_info:app_info,
constraints:constraints,
severity:SECURITY_WARNING
);
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