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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : python-rsa (SUSE-SU-2022:3932-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 167331
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3932-1 advisory.- It was found that python-rsa is vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks. An attacker can use this flaw via the RSA decryption API to decrypt parts of the cipher text encrypted with RSA. (CVE-2020-25658)
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 python2-rsa and / or python3-rsa packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178676
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 167331
File Name: suse_SU-2022-3932-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 11/13/2022
Updated: 7/14/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25658
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-rsa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-rsa, 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: 11/10/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-25658
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3932-1