SuSE 11.3 Security Update : openwsman (SAT Patch Number 9902)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79332

Synopsis

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

Description

This update adds a configuration option to disable SSLv2 and SSLv3 in openwsman. This is required to mitigate CVE-2014-3566.

To use the new option, edit /etc/openwsman/openwsman.conf and add the following line to the [server] section :

ssl_disabled_protocols = SSLv2 SSLv3

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9902.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901882

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3566.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79332

File Name: suse_11_libwsman-devel-141021.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2014

Updated: 6/28/2023

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: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openwsman-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openwsman-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libwsman1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3566