SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libgcrypt (SUSE-SU-2021:14751-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150872

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES11 / SLES_SAP11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:14751-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-33560: Fixed a side-channel against ElGamal encryption, caused by missing exponent blinding (bsc#1187212).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libgcrypt11 and / or libgcrypt11-32bit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150872

File Name: suse_SU-2021-14751-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/21/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33560

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:suse_linux:libgcrypt11, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgcrypt11-32bit

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: 6/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33560

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:14751-1

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