CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
82.3%
OpenSSL is prone to an integer overflow vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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CPE = "cpe:/a:openssl:openssl";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.145407");
script_version("2021-08-30T10:29:27+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-08-30 10:29:27 +0000 (Mon, 30 Aug 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-02-17 06:15:32 +0000 (Wed, 17 Feb 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-07-20 23:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 20 Jul 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-23840");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("OpenSSL: Integer overflow in CipherUpdate (CVE-2021-23840) - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_openssl_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("openssl/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"OpenSSL is prone to an integer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may
overflow the output length argument in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissible
length for an integer on the platform. In such cases the return value from the function call will be 1
(indicating success), but the output length value will be negative.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This vulnerability could cause applications to behave incorrectly or crash.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"OpenSSL versions 1.0.2x and prior and 1.1.1i and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.0.2y, 1.1.1j or later. See the references for
more details.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20210216.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_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.0.2y")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.0.2y / 1.1.1j", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "1.1.0", test_version2: "1.1.1i")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.1.1j", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
82.3%