SuSE 11.1 Security Update : openssl (SAT Patch Number 6350)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64185

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update of openssl fixes the following denial of service vulnerabilities :

- Denial of Service via CBC mode handling. (CVE-2012-2333)

- A deadlock condition introduced by the previous memory leak fix due to entering a lock twice. This would only happen in multithreaded programs.

In addition, openssl's cms subcommand (Crypthographic Message Syntax) has been enabled.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6350.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64185

File Name: suse_11_libopenssl-devel-120524.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: 5/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2333

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