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openSUSE 15 Security Update : Botan (openSUSE-SU-2022:10211-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168156

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10211-1 advisory.

 - In Botan before 2.19.3, it is possible to forge OCSP responses due to a certificate verification error.
 This issue was introduced in Botan 1.11.34 (November 2016). (CVE-2022-43705)

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/1205509

http://www.nessus.org/u?cf94bdee

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-43705

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168156

File Name: openSUSE-2022-10211-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2022

Updated: 3/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-43705

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:botan, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbotan-2-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbotan-2-18-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbotan-2-18-64bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbotan-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbotan-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbotan-devel-64bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-botan, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.4

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: 11/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-43705