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openSUSE Security Update : bouncycastle (openSUSE-2015-705)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86740

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

bouncycastle was updated to version 1.53 to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2015-7940: Invalid curve attack (bsc#951727).

Solution

Update the affected bouncycastle packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=951727

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86740

File Name: openSUSE-2015-705.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/5/2015

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:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bouncycastle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bouncycastle-javadoc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7940