SUSE SLES15 Security Update : gnutls (SUSE-SU-2022:2830-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164265

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2830-1 advisory.

- A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in GnuTLS. As Nettle's hash update functions internally call memcpy, providing zero-length input may cause undefined behavior. This flaw leads to a denial of service after authentication in rare circumstances. (CVE-2021-4209)

- A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function. (CVE-2022-2509)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164265

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2830-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2022-2509

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:suse_linux:libgnutls30-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls30-hmac-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls30-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls30, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutlsxx-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnutls, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutlsxx28

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: 8/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4209, CVE-2022-2509

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2830-1

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