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FreeBSD Ports: openssl
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: openssl CVE-2012-0884 The implementation of Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and PKCS #7 in OpenSSL before 0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h does not properly restrict certain oracle behavior, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to decrypt data via a Million Message Attack (MMA) adaptive chosen ciphertext attack.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.