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OpenSSL End of Life (EOL) Detection - Linux

🗓️ 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is using an end-of-life (EOL) version of OpenSSL which is vulnerable and should be updated

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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

CPE = "cpe:/a:openssl:openssl";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113018");
  script_version("2025-07-09T05:43:50+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-07-09 05:43:50 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jul 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-10-16 13:33:34 +0200 (Mon, 16 Oct 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("OpenSSL End of Life (EOL) Detection - Linux");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_openssl_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("openssl/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The OpenSSL version on the remote host has reached the end of
  life (EOL) and should not be used anymore.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if an EOL version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An EOL version of OpenSSL is not receiving any security updates
  from the vendor. Unfixed security vulnerabilities might be leveraged by an attacker to compromise
  the security of this host.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the OpenSSL version on the remote host to a still
  supported version.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://openssl-library.org/policies/releasestrat/index.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("date_func.inc");
include("eol_product.inc");
include("eol_shared.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if( ret = product_reached_eol( cpe:CPE, version:vers ) ) {
  report = eol_build_message( name:"OpenSSL",
                              cpe:CPE,
                              version:vers,
                              location:path,
                              eol_version:ret["eol_version"],
                              eol_date:ret["eol_date"],
                              eol_type:"prod" );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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