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openSUSE Security Update : compat-openssl097g (compat-openssl097g-480)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39937

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update improves the verification of return values. Prior to this udpate it was possible to bypass the certification chain checks of openssl. (CVE-2008-5077)

Solution

Update the affected compat-openssl097g packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459468

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39937

File Name: suse_11_0_compat-openssl097g-090127.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:compat-openssl097g-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:compat-openssl097g, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5077

CWE: 20