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openSUSE Security Update : prosody (openSUSE-2018-597)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110472

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for prosody fixes the following issues :

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2018-10847: Prevent insufficient validation of client-provided parameters during XMPP stream restarts.
 Authenticated users may have overriden the realm associated with their session, potentially bypassing security policies and allowing impersonation (bsc#1094890).

Solution

Update the affected prosody packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1094890

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110472

File Name: openSUSE-2018-597.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2018

Updated: 9/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:prosody, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:prosody-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:prosody-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10847