SuSE 11.1 Security Update : openSSL (SAT Patch Number 3938)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52988

Synopsis

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

Description

This update improves the ClientHello handshake message parsing function. Prior to this update is was possible that this function reads beyond the end of a message leading to invalid memory access and a crash. Under some circumstances it was possible that information from the OCSP extensions was disclosed. (CVE-2011-0014: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P))

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 3938.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670526

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0014.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52988

File Name: suse_11_libopenssl-devel-110210.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libopenssl0_9_8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libopenssl0_9_8-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openssl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openssl-doc, 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: 2/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0014