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openSUSE 15 Security Update : pkgconf (openSUSE-SU-2023:0043-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 171414
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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-2023:0043-1 advisory.- In pkgconf through 1.9.3, variable duplication can cause unbounded string expansion due to incorrect checks in libpkgconf/tuple.c:pkgconf_tuple_parse. For example, a .pc file containing a few hundred bytes can expand to one billion bytes. (CVE-2023-24056)
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 libpkgconf-devel, libpkgconf3 and / or pkgconf packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207394
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 171414
File Name: openSUSE-2023-0043-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 2/14/2023
Updated: 9/4/2023
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: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24056
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:pkgconf, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpkgconf3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpkgconf-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3
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: 2/9/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-24056