A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-52b5309835 advisory.

    Automatic update for libeconf-0.5.2-1.fc40.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Mon Aug 28 2023 Iker Pedrosa <ipedrosa@redhat.com> - 0.5.2-1
    - Update to 0.5.2 (RH#1980774)
    - Fix CVE-2023-22652 (RH#2212464)
    - Fix CVE-2023-30079 (RH#2235236)

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9 build changelog.

  - A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE     libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
    (CVE-2023-22652)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-86b710bb4f advisory.

    Rebase to 0.5.2 to fix CVE-2023-22652 and CVE-2023-30079

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:4347 advisory.

  - A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE     libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
    (CVE-2023-22652)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in function read_file in atlibeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c in     libeconf 0.5.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-30079)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3954-1 advisory.

  - A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE     libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
    (CVE-2023-22652)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in function econf_writeFile in file atlibeconf/lib/libeconf.c in     libeconf 0.5.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-30078)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in function read_file in atlibeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c in     libeconf 0.5.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-30079)

  - A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE     libeconf allows for DoS via malformed configuration files This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
    (CVE-2023-32181)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3639-1 advisory.

  - A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE     libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
    (CVE-2023-22652)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in function econf_writeFile in file atlibeconf/lib/libeconf.c in     libeconf 0.5.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-30078)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in function read_file in atlibeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c in     libeconf 0.5.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-30079)

  - A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE     libeconf allows for DoS via malformed configuration files This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
    (CVE-2023-32181)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-b4b77f950c advisory.

    Rebase to 0.5.2 to fix CVE-2023-22652 and CVE-2023-30079


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-6432bb65ae advisory.

    Rebase to 0.5.2 to fix CVE-2023-22652 and CVE-2023-30079

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-4347 advisory.

    [0.4.1-3]
    - Fix stack-based buffer overflow in read_file(). Resolves: #2212467 (CVE-2023-22652)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:4347 advisory.

  - A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE     libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
    (CVE-2023-22652)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4347 advisory.

    Libeconf is a highly flexible and configurable library to parse and manage key=value configuration files.
    It reads configuration file snippets from different directories and builds the final configuration file     from it.

    Security Fix(es):

    * libeconf: stack-based buffer overflow in read_file() in lib/getfilecontents.c (CVE-2023-22652)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-227 advisory.

    A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE     libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files.This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
    (CVE-2023-22652)

    A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE     libeconf allows for DoS via malformed configuration filesThis issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
    (CVE-2023-32181)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
194628	Fedora 40 : libeconf (2023-52b5309835)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
191354	CentOS 9 : libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
185269	Fedora 39 : libeconf (2023-86b710bb4f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
182728	Rocky Linux 9 : libeconf (RLSA-2023:4347)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
182488	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libeconf (SUSE-SU-2023:3954-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
181579	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : libeconf (SUSE-SU-2023:3639-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
181328	Fedora 37 : libeconf (2023-b4b77f950c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
180436	Fedora 38 : libeconf (2023-6432bb65ae)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
179234	Oracle Linux 9 : libeconf (ELSA-2023-4347)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
179230	AlmaLinux 9 : libeconf (ALSA-2023:4347)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
179156	RHEL 9 : libeconf (RHSA-2023:4347)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
177682	Amazon Linux 2023 : libeconf, libeconf-devel, libeconf-utils (ALAS2023-2023-227)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium

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