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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : openldap2 (SUSE-SU-2023:2483-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177212

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2483-1 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in openldap. This security flaw causes a null pointer dereference in ber_memalloc_x() function. (CVE-2023-2953)

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/1211795

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2953

http://www.nessus.org/u?660b00e6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177212

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2483-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2023

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2953

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-back-perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldap-2_4-2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldap-2_4-2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-ppolicy-check-password, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-back-meta, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-devel-static

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: 6/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2953

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2483-1