openSUSE Security Update : libwsman-devel (libwsman-devel-157)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40053

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of openwsman fixes several security vulnerabilities found by the SuSE Security-Team :

- remote buffer overflows while decoding the HTTP basic authentication header (CVE-2008-2234)

- a possible SSL session replay attack affecting the client (depending on the configuration) (CVE-2008-2233)

Solution

Update the affected libwsman-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373693

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40053

File Name: suse_11_0_libwsman-devel-080814.nasl

Version: 1.15

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: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwsman1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openwsman-ruby, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openwsman-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openwsman-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwsman-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openwsman-python

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2233, CVE-2008-2234

CWE: 119, 94

IAVB: 2008-B-0064