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openSUSE Security Update : polarssl (openSUSE-2016-932)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 92745

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for polarssl fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2015-8036: A heap-based buffer overflow could have allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long session ticket name to the session ticket extension (boo#989694)

Solution

Update the affected polarssl packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989694

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 92745

File Name: openSUSE-2016-932.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/5/2016

Updated: 1/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8036

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolarssl7-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polarssl-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolarssl7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8036