openSUSE 15 Security Update : nginx (openSUSE-SU-2021:1815-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151752

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1815-1 advisory.

- A security issue in nginx resolver was identified, which might allow an attacker who is able to forge UDP packets from the DNS server to cause 1-byte memory overwrite, resulting in worker process crash or potential other impact. (CVE-2021-23017)

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

Solution

Update the affected nginx, nginx-source and / or vim-plugin-nginx packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151752

File Name: openSUSE-2021-1815.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/16/2021

Updated: 3/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vim-plugin-nginx, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nginx, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nginx-source, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23017

IAVB: 2021-B-0031

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