openSUSE 15 Security Update : perl-CryptX (openSUSE-SU-2024:0112-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193761

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2024:0112-1 advisory.

- In the CryptX module before 0.062 for Perl, gcm_decrypt_verify() and chacha20poly1305_decrypt_verify() do not verify the tag. (CVE-2018-25099)

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 perl-CryptX package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193761

File Name: openSUSE-2024-0112-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 4/24/2024

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-2018-25099

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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-cryptx

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: 4/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-25099

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