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openSUSE Security Update : shellinabox (openSUSE-2016-1501)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96063

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

shellinabox was updated to version 2.20 to fix the following security issues :

 - It was possible to fallback to the HTTP protocol even when configured for HTTPS. (CVE-2015-8400, boo#957748)

 - Disable secure client-initiated renegotiation

 - Set SSL options for increased security (disable SSLv2, SSLv3)

 - Protection against large HTTP requests

non security fixes :

 - Includes some MSIE and iOS rendering fixes

Solution

Update the affected shellinabox packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=957748

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96063

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1501.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2016

Updated: 1/7/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8400

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shellinabox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shellinabox-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shellinabox, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

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: 12/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8400