SUSE SLES12: libopenssl-1_1-devel / libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bit / libopenssl1_1 / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0860-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159013

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0860-1 advisory.

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2022-0778: Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates (bsc#1196877).

Non-security issues fixed:

- Fix PAC pointer authentication in ARM. (bsc#1195856)
- Pull libopenssl-1_1 when updating openssl-1_1 with the same version. (bsc#1195792)
- FIPS: Fix function and reason error codes (bsc#1182959)
- Enable zlib compression support (bsc#1195149)
- Fix BIO_f_zlib: Properly handle BIO_CTRL_PENDING and BIO_CTRL_WPENDING calls.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159013

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0860-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2022

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: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, 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:libopenssl-1_1-devel-32bit, 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

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: 3/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0778

IAVA: 2022-A-0121-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0860-1

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