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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libguestfs (SUSE-SU-2022:2581-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163578

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2581-1 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in libguestfs. This issue occurs while calculating the greatest possible number of matching keys in the get_keys() function. This flaw leads to a denial of service, either by mistake or malicious actor. (CVE-2022-2211)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1201064

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2211

http://www.nessus.org/u?03d1b7d2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163578

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2581-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/29/2022

Updated: 7/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2211

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:suse_linux:libguestfs0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:guestfsd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:guestfs-winsupport, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocaml-libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-sys-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:guestfs-tools, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:guestfs-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libguestfs-devel

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: 7/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2211

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2581-1