openSUSE 15 Security Update : tor (openSUSE-SU-2022:10023-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162490

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:10023-1 advisory.

- Tor 0.4.7.x before 0.4.7.8 allows a denial of service via the wedging of RTT estimation. (CVE-2022-33903)

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 tor package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1200672

http://www.nessus.org/u?f938c7d2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-33903

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162490

File Name: openSUSE-2022-10023-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/23/2022

Updated: 3/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33903

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3

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: 6/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33903