SUSE SLES15: gmp-devel / gmp-devel-32bit / libgmp10 / libgmp10-32bit / libgmpxx4 / etc (SUSE-SU-2020:0948-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163266

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2020:0948-2 advisory.

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2020-11501: Fixed zero random value in DTLS client hello (bsc#1168345)

FIPS related bugfixes:

- FIPS: Install checksums for binary integrity verification which are required when running in FIPS mode (bsc#1152692, jsc#SLE-9518)
- FIPS: Fixed a cfb8 decryption issue, no longer truncate output IV if input is shorter than block size. (bsc#1166881)
- FIPS: Added Diffie Hellman public key verification test. (bsc#1155327)

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: 163266

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0948-2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/18/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11501

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libhogweed4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnettle-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnettle6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nettle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgmp10, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgmpxx4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libhogweed4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnettle6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgmp10-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gmp-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgmpxx4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnettle-devel-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: 7/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11501

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2020:0948-2

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