SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : OpenSSL (SAT Patch Numbers 3208 / 3209)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 50938

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Synopsis

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

Description

Specially crafted responses from SSL servers could cause a double-free bug in openssl's client implementation. Malicious servers could exploit that to crash programs use openssl for the SSL connection (CVE-2010-2939). This has been fixed.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 3208 / 3209 as appropriate.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 50938

File Name: suse_11_libopenssl-devel-100927.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/2/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libopenssl0_9_8-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libopenssl0_9_8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openssl-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openssl, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2939

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