SuSE 11 Security Update : OpenSSL (SAT Patch Number 789)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41376

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of openssl fixes the following problems :

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

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

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 789.

See Also

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

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0590.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0789.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41376

File Name: suse_11_compat-openssl097g-090416.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:compat-openssl097g, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:compat-openssl097g-32bit

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