SuSE 11.2 Security Update : OpenSSL (SAT Patch Number 7548)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65718

Synopsis

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

Description

OpenSSL has been updated to fix several security issues :

- Avoid the openssl CRIME attack by disabling SSL compression by default. Setting the environment variable 'OPENSSL_NO_DEFAULT_ZLIB' to 'no' enables compression again. (CVE-2012-4929)

- Timing attacks against TLS could be used by physically local attackers to gain access to transmitted plain text or private keymaterial. This issue is also known as the 'Lucky-13' issue. (CVE-2013-0169)

- A OCSP invalid key denial of service issue was fixed.
(CVE-2013-0166)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 7548.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779952

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=802648

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=802746

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4929.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0166.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0169.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65718

File Name: suse_11_libopenssl-devel-130325.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2013

Updated: 12/5/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libopenssl0_9_8-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libopenssl0_9_8-hmac-32bit, 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, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openssl-doc, 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: 3/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4929, CVE-2013-0166, CVE-2013-0169