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openSUSE Security Update : openssl-1_0_0 (openSUSE-2020-2236)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144309

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for openssl-1_0_0 fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2020-1971: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in EDIPARTYNAME (bsc#1179491).

 - Initialized dh->nid to NID_undef in DH_new_method() (bsc#1177673).

 - Fixed a test failure in apache_ssl in fips mode (bsc#1177793).

 - Renamed BN_get_rfc3526_prime_* functions back to get_rfc3526_prime_* (bsc#1177575).

 - Restored private key check in EC_KEY_check_key (bsc#1177479).

 - Added shared secret KAT to FIPS DH selftest (bsc#1176029).

 - Included ECDH/DH Requirements from SP800-56Arev3 (bsc#1176029).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected openssl-1_0_0 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1155346

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1176029

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177479

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177575

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177673

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177793

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179491

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144309

File Name: openSUSE-2020-2236.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/16/2020

Updated: 2/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1971

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl-1_0_0-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl-1_0_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl-1_0_0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-steam-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-steam, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl10, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl-1_0_0-cavs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl-1_0_0-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-steam-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl-1_0_0-cavs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl10-debuginfo

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: 12/12/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1971

IAVA: 2020-A-0566-S