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openSUSE Security Update : compat-openssl097g (compat-openssl097g-788)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39938

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of openssl fixes the following problems :

 - CVE-2009-0590: ASN1_STRING_print_ex() function allows remote denial of service

 - CVE-2009-0789: denial of service due to malformed ASN.1 structures

Solution

Update the affected compat-openssl097g packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489641

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39938

File Name: suse_11_0_compat-openssl097g-090416.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0789

CWE: 119, 189