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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : openvpn (SUSE-SU-2021:1577-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 149458
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for openvpn fixes the following issues :CVE-2020-15078: Fixed authentication bypass with deferred authentication (bsc#1185279).
CVE-2020-11810: Fixed race condition between allocating peer-id and initializing data channel key (bsc#1169925).
CVE-2018-7544: Fixed cross-protocol scripting issue that was discovered in the management interface (bsc#1085803).
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 Basesystem 15-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-1577=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1577=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085803
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169925
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185279
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7544/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11810/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 149458
File Name: suse_SU-2021-1577-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/13/2021
Updated: 1/2/2024
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: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7544
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openvpn-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openvpn-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openvpn-auth-pam-plugin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openvpn-auth-pam-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openvpn-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openvpn, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15
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: 5/12/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2018