CentOS 9 : opensc-0.23.0-4.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193942

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for opensc.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the opensc-0.23.0-4.el9 build changelog.

- Side-channel leaks while stripping encryption PKCS#1.5 padding (CVE-2023-5992)

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 CentOS 9 Stream opensc package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=54530

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193942

File Name: centos9_opensc-0_23_0-4_54530.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2024

Updated: 10/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5992

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:opensc, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5992