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openSUSE Security Update : libcryptopp (openSUSE-2015-504)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84888

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libcryptopp was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2015-2141: The InvertibleRWFunction::CalculateInverse function in rw.cpp in libcrypt++ 5.6.2 did not properly blind private key operations for the Rabin-Williams digital signature algorithm, which allowed remote attackers to obtain private keys via a timing attack (bsc#936435).

Solution

Update the affected libcryptopp packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=936435

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84888

File Name: openSUSE-2015-504.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcryptopp-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcryptopp-5_6_2-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcryptopp-5_6_2-0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcryptopp-5_6_2-0-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcryptopp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcryptopp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcryptopp-5_6_2-0-debuginfo-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2141