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openSUSE 15 Security Update : enlightenment (openSUSE-SU-2022:10153-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166308

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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-2022:10153-1 advisory.

 - enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library function mishandles pathnames that begin with a /dev/.. substring.
 (CVE-2022-37706)

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 enlightenment, enlightenment-branding-upstream and / or enlightenment-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1203631

http://www.nessus.org/u?8cbf8893

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37706

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166308

File Name: openSUSE-2022-10153-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2022

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: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37706

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:enlightenment-branding-upstream, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:enlightenment, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:enlightenment-devel

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: 10/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Ubuntu Enlightenment Mount Priv Esc)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37706