SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : openssl-1_1 (SUSE-SU-2020:0002-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 132671

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for openssl-1_1 fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-1551: Fixed an overflow bug in the x64_64 Montgomery squaring procedure used in exponentiation with 512-bit moduli (bsc#1158809).

Various FIPS related improvements were done: FIPS: Backport SSH KDF to openssl (jsc#SLE-8789, bsc#1157775).

Port FIPS patches from SLE-12 (bsc#1158101)

Use SHA-2 in the RSA pairwise consistency check (bsc#1155346)

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 Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2020-2=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2020-2=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 132671

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0002-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/6/2020

Updated: 4/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1551

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-1_1-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-1_1-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-1_1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1551

IAVA: 2019-A-0303-S

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