openSUSE 15 Security Update : EternalTerminal (openSUSE-SU-2023:0041-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171422

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2023:0041-1 advisory.

- In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have predictable logfile names in /tmp. (CVE-2022-48257)

- In Eternal Terminal 6.2.1, etserver and etclient have world-readable logfiles. (CVE-2022-48258)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected EternalTerminal package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171422

File Name: openSUSE-2023-0041-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/14/2023

Updated: 9/4/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48258

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:eternalterminal

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: 2/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48257, CVE-2022-48258

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