OpenSSL Vector Register Corruption Vulnerability (20240109) affecting PowerPC platform
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openssl | www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240109.txt |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114253");
script_version("2024-01-30T14:37:03+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-30 14:37:03 +0000 (Tue, 30 Jan 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-01-09 17:13:14 +0000 (Tue, 09 Jan 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-01-23 21:32:00 +0000 (Tue, 23 Jan 2024)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-6129");
# nb: Only a single VT as only PowerPC systems are affected
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("OpenSSL Vector Register Corruption Vulnerability (20240109)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_openssl_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("openssl/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"OpenSSL is prone to a vector register corruption
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The POLY1305 MAC (message authentication code) implementation
contains a bug that might corrupt the internal state of applications running on PowerPC CPU based
platforms if the CPU provides vector instructions.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"If an attacker can influence whether the POLY1305 MAC algorithm
is used, the application state might be corrupted with various application dependent
consequences.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"OpenSSL versions 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 on PowerPC CPU based
platforms if the CPU provides vector instructions.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.0.13, 3.1.5, 3.2.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20240109.txt");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.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);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.0.0", test_version_up: "3.0.13")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.0.13", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.1.0", test_version_up: "3.1.5")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.1.5", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "3.2.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.2.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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