SUSE SLED15: libopenssl-1_1-devel / libopenssl1_1 / libopenssl1_1-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:2830-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 152800

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2830-1 advisory.

This update for openssl-1_1 fixes the following security issues:

- CVE-2021-3711: A bug in the implementation of the SM2 decryption code could lead to buffer overflows. [bsc#1189520]

- CVE-2021-3712: a bug in the code for printing certificate details could lead to a buffer overrun that a malicious actor could exploit to crash the application, causing a denial-of-service attack. [bsc#1189521]

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 152800

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2830-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/25/2021

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3711

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-1_1-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-1_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1-hmac-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3711, CVE-2021-3712

IAVA: 2021-A-0395-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2830-1

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