openSUSE Security Update : libnettle (openSUSE-2016-217)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88823

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libnettle fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2015-8803: secp256 calculation bug (boo#964845)

- CVE-2015-8804: Miscalculations on secp384 curve (boo#964847)

- CVE-2015-8805: Fixed miscomputation bugs in secp-256r1 modulo functions. (boo#964849)

Solution

Update the affected libnettle packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964845

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964847

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964849

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88823

File Name: openSUSE-2016-217.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhogweed2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhogweed2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhogweed2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhogweed2-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnettle4-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nettle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nettle-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8803, CVE-2015-8804, CVE-2015-8805