SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : openssl-ibmca (SUSE-SU-2023:2046-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 174890

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2046-1 advisory.

Upgraded openssl-ibmca to version 2.4.0 (bsc#1210058)

- Provider: Adjustments for OpenSSL versions 3.1 and 3.2
- Provider: Support RSA blinding
- Provider: Constant-time fixes for RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 and OAEP padding
- Provider: Support 'implicit rejection' option for RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 padding
- Provider: Adjustments in OpenSSL config generator and example configs
- Engine: EC: Cache ICA key in EC_KEY object (performance improvement)

- FIPS 140-3: Correct engine handling so only the ciphers selected in the config file are activated (bsc#1210359)

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 openssl-ibmca package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 174890

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2046-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-ibmca, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 4/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2023

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2046-1

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