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 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
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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