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openSUSE 15 Security Update : syslog-ng (openSUSE-SU-2023:0040-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171001

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2023:0040-1 advisory.

 - An integer overflow in the RFC3164 parser in One Identity syslog-ng 3.0 through 3.37 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service via crafted syslog input that is mishandled by the tcp or network function. syslog-ng Premium Edition 7.0.30 and syslog-ng Store Box 6.10.0 are also affected.
 (CVE-2022-38725)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207460

http://www.nessus.org/u?9730b765

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38725

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171001

File Name: openSUSE-2023-0040-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2023

Updated: 8/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38725

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-geoip, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-mqtt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-snmp, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-java, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-smtp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syslog-ng-redis, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevtlog-3_35-0

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: 2/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-38725