SUSE SLED15: libfreebl3 / libfreebl3-32bit / libfreebl3-hmac / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3934-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 155911

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3934-1 advisory.

Update to version 3.68.1:

- CVE-2021-43527: Fixed a Heap overflow in NSS when verifying DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS signatures (bsc#1193170).

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193170

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-43527

http://www.nessus.org/u?da5a6a80

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 155911

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3934-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2021

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43527

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nss-certs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nss, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoftokn3-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreebl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreebl3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreebl3-hmac-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoftokn3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreebl3-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nss-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nss-certs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoftokn3-hmac-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoftokn3, 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: 12/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43527

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3934-1