openSUSE Security Update : libopenssl-devel (libopenssl-devel-3937)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53752

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update improves the ClientHello handshake message parsing function. Prior to this update is was possible that this function reads beyond the end of a message leading to invalid memory access and a crash. Under some circumstances it was possible that information from the OCSP extensions was disclosed. (CVE-2011-0014: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P))

Solution

Update the affected libopenssl-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670526

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53752

File Name: suse_11_2_libopenssl-devel-110210.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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:opensuse:11.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl0_9_8, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl0_9_8-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0014