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.

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.

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 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
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
177682	Amazon Linux 2023 : libeconf, libeconf-devel, libeconf-utils (ALAS2023-2023-227)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium

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