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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libnl3 (SUSE-SU-2022:3208-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164932

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3208-1 advisory.

 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libnl library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third- party application. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1. Android ID: A-32255299.
 (CVE-2017-0386)

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 libnl-config, libnl3-200, libnl3-200-32bit and / or libnl3-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020123

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0386

http://www.nessus.org/u?53a18eee

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164932

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3208-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-0386

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnl-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnl3-200-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnl3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnl3-200

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: 9/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0386

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3208-1