openSUSE Security Update : polarssl (openSUSE-SU-2014:1457-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79348

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

polarssl was updated to version 1.3.9 to fix two security issues.

These security issues were fixed :

- Lowest common hash was selected from signature_algorithms extension in TLS 1.2 (CVE-2014-8627).

- Remotely-triggerable memory leak when parsing some X.509 certificates (CVE-2014-8628).

Solution

Update the affected polarssl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79348

File Name: openSUSE-2014-689.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolarssl7-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polarssl-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolarssl7

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8627, CVE-2014-8628

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