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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : libostree (SUSE-SU-2022:3671-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166359

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3671-1 advisory.

 - Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted patch file. (CVE-2014-9862)

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 libostree, libostree-1-1, libostree-devel and / or typelib-1_0-OSTree-1_0 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1201770

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9862

http://www.nessus.org/u?cfe4ec59

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166359

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3671-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2022

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9862

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libostree-1-1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-ostree-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libostree, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libostree-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 10/20/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9862

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3671-1