openSUSE Security Update : openssl (openSUSE-2017-256)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 97276

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for openssl fixes the following issues contained in the OpenSSL Security Advisory [26 Jan 2017] (bsc#1021641)

Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2016-7055: The x86_64 optimized montgomery multiplication may produce incorrect results (bsc#1009528)

- CVE-2017-3731: Truncated packet could crash via OOB read (bsc#1022085)

- CVE-2017-3732: BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64 (bsc#1022086)

- Degrade the 3DES cipher to MEDIUM in SSLv2 (bsc#1001912)

Non-security issues fixed :

- fix crash in openssl speed (bsc#1000677)

- fix X509_CERT_FILE path (bsc#1022271)

- AES XTS key parts must not be identical in FIPS mode (bsc#1019637)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected openssl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 97276

File Name: openSUSE-2017-256.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/21/2017

Updated: 12/31/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3732

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl1_0_0-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl

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: 2/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7055, CVE-2017-3731, CVE-2017-3732

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