openSUSE 15 Security Update : editorconfig-core-c (openSUSE-SU-2023:0102-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175128

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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-2023:0102-1 advisory.

- A stack buffer overflow exists in the ec_glob function of editorconfig-core-c before v0.12.6 which allowed an attacker to arbitrarily write to the stack and possibly allows remote code execution. editorconfig- core-c v0.12.6 resolved this vulnerability by bound checking all write operations over the p_pcre buffer.
(CVE-2023-0341)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175128

File Name: openSUSE-2023-0102-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/5/2023

Updated: 5/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-0341

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:editorconfig, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libeditorconfig-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libeditorconfig-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libeditorconfig-devel-64bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libeditorconfig0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libeditorconfig0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libeditorconfig0-64bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.4

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: 5/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0341

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