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openSUSE Security Update : libgcrypt (openSUSE-2017-743)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 101136

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-9526: Store the session key in secure memory to ensure that constant time point operations are used in the MPI library. (bsc#1042326)

 - Don't require secure memory for the fips selftests, this prevents the 'Oops, secure memory pool already initialized' warning. (bsc#931932)

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

Solution

Update the affected libgcrypt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042326

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=931932

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 101136

File Name: openSUSE-2017-743.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/30/2017

Updated: 12/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9526

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-cavs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-cavs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-hmac-32bit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9526