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SUSE: 2023:4060-1 Moderate: Rage-Encryption AES-GCM Attack Mitigation

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Calendar Grey October 12, 2023
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update on rage-encryption addresses CVE-2023-42811, classified as moderate severity; a patch is now accessible for SUSE distributions.
* #1215657 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-42811

Summary

## This update for rage-encryption fixes the following issues: -CVE-2023-42811: chosen ciphertext attack possible against aes-gcm (bsc#1215657) * update vendor.tar.zst to contain aes-gcm >= 0.10.3 * Update to version 0.9.2+0: * CI: Ensure `apt` repository is up-to-date before installing build deps * CI: Build Linux releases using `ubuntu-20.04` runner * CI: Remove most uses of `actions-rs` actions * Update to version 0.9.2+0: * Fix changelog bugs and add missing entry * Document `PINENTRY_PROGRAM` environment variable * age: Add `Decryptor::new_async_buffered` * age: `impl AsyncBufRead for ArmoredReader` * Pre-initialize vectors when the capacity is known, or use arrays * Use `PINENTRY_PROGRAM` as environment variable for `pinentry`

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity SUSE attack mitigation rage-encryption CVE-2023-42811

References

* #1215657

Cross-

* CVE-2023-42811

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-42811 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42811.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215657

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4060-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity SUSE attack mitigation rage-encryption CVE-2023-42811

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