SUSE SLES11 Security Update : openssl (SUSE-SU-2018:4274-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119937

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for openssl fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-0734: Fixed timing vulnerability in DSA signature generation (bsc#1113652).

CVE-2018-5407: Fixed elliptic curve scalar multiplication timing attack defenses (bsc#1113534).

CVE-2016-8610: Adjusted current fix and add missing error string (bsc#1110018).

Fixed the 'One and Done' side-channel attack on RSA (bsc#1104789).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3:zypper in -t patch slestso13-openssl-13918=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-openssl-13918=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-openssl-13918=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp3-openssl-13918=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-openssl-13918=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-openssl-13918=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-openssl-13918=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104789

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0734/

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110018

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113534

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113652

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8610/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5407/

http://www.nessus.org/u?d3e8ebe5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119937

File Name: suse_SU-2018-4274-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/28/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0734

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl0_9_8-hmac, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl0_9_8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-doc

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8610, CVE-2018-0734, CVE-2018-5407