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openSUSE Security Update : compat-openssl098 (openSUSE-2015-940)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87619

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for compat-openssl098 fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2015-3195: When presented with a malformed X509_ATTRIBUTE structure OpenSSL would leak memory. This structure is used by the PKCS#7 and CMS routines so any application which reads PKCS#7 or CMS data from untrusted sources is affected. SSL/TLS is not affected.
 (bsc#957812)

Non security issue fixed :

 - Prevent segfault in s_client with invalid options (bsc#952099)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected compat-openssl098 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=952099

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=957812

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87619

File Name: openSUSE-2015-940.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/29/2015

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: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl0_9_8, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl0_9_8-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl0_9_8-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:compat-openssl098-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl0_9_8-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3195