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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : haproxy (SUSE-SU-2023:0153-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 170679
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0153-1 advisory.- An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability was discovered in HAProxy which could crash the service. This issue could allow an authenticated remote attacker to run a specially crafted malicious server in an OpenShift cluster. The biggest impact is to availability. (CVE-2023-0056)
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 haproxy package.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207181
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 170679
File Name: suse_SU-2023-0153-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/26/2023
Updated: 7/13/2023
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: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0056
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:haproxy, 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: 1/26/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-0056
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0153-1