SuSE 11.3 Security Update : libtasn1 (SAT Patch Number 10659)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 83543

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The ASN.1 parsing library libtasn1 was updated to fix one memory handling issue :

- A stack-based buffer overflow in libtasn1 allowed remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors. (CVE-2015-2806)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10659.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=924828

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2806.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 83543

File Name: suse_11_libtasn1-150506.nasl

Version: 2.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libtasn1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libtasn1-3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libtasn1-3-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2806