SUSE SLES10 Security Update : OpenSSL (SUSE-SU-2014:0538-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83619

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

OpenSSL has been updated to fix an attack on ECDSA Nonces.

Using the FLUSH+RELOAD Cache Side-channel Attack the Nonces could have been recovered. (CVE-2014-0076)

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Solution

Update the affected OpenSSL packages

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83619

File Name: suse_SU-2014-0538-1.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2015

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0076

BID: 66363

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