openSUSE 15 Security Update : libnettle (openSUSE-SU-2021:2143-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151696

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:2143-1 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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151696

File Name: openSUSE-2021-2143.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/16/2021

Updated: 7/16/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3580

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:libhogweed4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nettle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle6-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhogweed4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle6

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: 7/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3580

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