SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libgcrypt (SUSE-SU-2015:1179-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84547

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update of libgcrypt fixes one security issue and brings various FIPS 140-2 related improvements.

libgcrypt now uses ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption (CVE-2014-3591)

FIPS 140-2 related changes :

- The library performs its self-tests when the module is complete (the

-hmac file is also installed).

- Added a NIST 800-90a compliant DRBG.

- Change DSA key generation to be FIPS 186-4 compliant.

- Change RSA key generation to be FIPS 186-4 compliant.

- Enable HW support in fips mode (bnc#896435)

- Make DSA selftest use 2048 bit keys (bnc#898003)

- Added ECDSA selftests and add support for it to the CAVS testing framework (bnc#896202)

- Various CAVS testing improvements.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-296=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-296=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-296=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84547

File Name: suse_SU-2015-1179-1.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgcrypt20-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgcrypt20, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgcrypt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgcrypt20-debuginfo

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: 6/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3591

BID: 73066

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