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openSUSE Security Update : libnettle (openSUSE-2018-1597)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119865

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libnettle fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2018-16869: Fixed a leaky data conversion exposing a manager oracle (bsc#1118086)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libnettle packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118086

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119865

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1597.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/24/2018

Updated: 7/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16869

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhogweed4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle6-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhogweed4-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhogweed4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nettle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle6-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhogweed4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nettle-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16869