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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : compat-openssl098 (SUSE-SU-2017:0605-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 97550
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for compat-openssl098 fixes the following issues contained in the OpenSSL Security Advisory [26 Jan 2017] (bsc#1021641) Security issues fixed :- CVE-2016-7056: A local ECSDA P-256 timing attack that might have allowed key recovery was fixed (bsc#1019334)
- CVE-2016-8610: A remote denial of service in SSL alert handling was fixed (bsc#1005878)
- degrade 3DES to MEDIUM in SSL2 (bsc#1001912)
- CVE-2016-2108: Added a missing commit for CVE-2016-2108, fixing the negative zero handling in the ASN.1 decoder (bsc#1004499) Bugs fixed :
- fix crash in openssl speed (bsc#1000677)
- don't attempt session resumption if no ticket is present and session ID length is zero (bsc#984663)
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 Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2017-319=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-319=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-12-2017-319=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-319=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-319=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000677
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1001912
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004499
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1005878
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019334
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1021641
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=984663
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2108/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7056/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 97550
File Name: suse_SU-2017-0605-1.nasl
Version: 3.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/6/2017
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:compat-openssl098-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl0_9_8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl0_9_8-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
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: 3/3/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2016