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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-2808

🗓️ 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux/Unix host has unpatched vulnerability CVE-2015-2808 impacting specific packages and RC4 algorithm.

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, does not properly combine state data with
    key data during the initialization phase, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct plaintext-
    recovery attacks against the initial bytes of a stream by sniffing network traffic that occasionally
    relies on keys affected by the Invariance Weakness, and then using a brute-force approach involving LSB
    values, aka the Bar Mitzvah issue. (CVE-2015-2808)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-2808");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-5": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "5",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "gnutls"},
          {"reference": "nss"},
          {"reference": "openssl"}
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      }
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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        "release": "6",
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          {"reference": "gnutls"},
          {"reference": "gnutls-devel"},
          {"reference": "gnutls-guile"},
          {"reference": "gnutls-utils"},
          {"reference": "nss"},
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          {"reference": "nss-pkcs11-devel"},
          {"reference": "nss-sysinit"},
          {"reference": "nss-tools"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-devel"},
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          {"reference": "openssl-static"}
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        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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