openSUSE 15: libopenssl-3-devel / libopenssl-3-devel-32bit / libopenssl3 / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:2470-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177062

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2470-1 advisory.

- Update to version 3.0.8 (bsc#1207541).

- CVE-2022-40735: Fixed remote trigger of expensive server-side DHE modular-exponentiation with long exponents in Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Protocol (bsc#1205476).
- CVE-2023-1255: Fixed input buffer over-read in AES-XTS implementation on 64 bit ARM (bsc#1210714).
- CVE-2023-2650: Fixed possible DoS translating ASN.1 object identifiers (bsc#1211430).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177062

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2470-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/9/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2650

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40735

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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: 6/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40735, CVE-2023-1255, CVE-2023-2650

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2470-1

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