openSUSE Security Update : libgcrypt (openSUSE-2018-795)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111545

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issues :

The following security vulnerability was addressed :

- CVE-2018-0495: Mitigate a novel side-channel attack by enabling blinding for ECDSA signatures (bsc#1097410).

The following other issues were fixed :

- Extended the fipsdrv dsa-sign and dsa-verify commands with the

--algo parameter for the FIPS testing of DSA SigVer and SigGen (bsc#1064455).

- Ensure libgcrypt20-hmac and libgcrypt20 are installed in the correct order. (bsc#1090766)

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

Solution

Update the affected libgcrypt packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111545

File Name: openSUSE-2018-795.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2018

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20-hmac-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-cavs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-cavs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt-devel-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgcrypt20

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0495

IAVA: 2018-A-0203

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