openSUSE 15 Security Update : cryptctl (openSUSE-SU-2021:0907-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 151023

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:0907-1 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected cryptctl package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186226

http://www.nessus.org/u?75b3dff2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18906

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 151023

File Name: openSUSE-2021-907.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2021

Updated: 1/21/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18906

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cryptctl, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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: 6/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18906