SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : netatalk (SUSE-SU-2022:4360-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168540

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4360-1 advisory.

- Netatalk through 3.1.13 has an afp_getappl heap-based buffer overflow resulting in code execution via a crafted .appl file. This provides remote root access on some platforms such as FreeBSD (used for TrueNAS).
(CVE-2022-45188)

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 libatalk12, netatalk and / or netatalk-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168540

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4360-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/9/2022

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-45188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:netatalk-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libatalk12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:netatalk

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: 12/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45188

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4360-1

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