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openSUSE Security Update : bouncycastle (openSUSE-2018-1043)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117691

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for bouncycastle fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2018-1000180: Fixed flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator. RSA Key Pairs generated in low-level API with added certainty may had less M-R tests than expected (bsc#1096291).

Solution

Update the affected bouncycastle packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1096291

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117691

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1043.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2018

Updated: 12/5/2022

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bouncycastle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bouncycastle-javadoc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000180