openSUSE Security Update : libksba (openSUSE-2016-697)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91532

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libksba fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2016-4579: Out-of-bounds read in
_ksba_ber_parse_tl()

- CVE-2016-4574: two OOB read access bugs (remote DoS) (bsc#979261)

Also adding reliability fixes from v1.3.4.

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

Solution

Update the affected libksba packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=979261

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=979906

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91532

File Name: openSUSE-2016-697.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/9/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libksba-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libksba-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libksba8, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libksba8-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4574, CVE-2016-4579