SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-pycryptodome (SUSE-SU-2024:0601-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190944

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0601-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-52323: Fixed side-channel leakage in RSA decryption by using constant-time (faster) padding decoding for OAEP (bsc#1218564).

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 python3-pycryptodome package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218564

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52323

http://www.nessus.org/u?ecdec20a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190944

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0601-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52323

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-pycryptodome

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: 2/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52323

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0601-1