openSUSE 15 Security Update : perl-Net-Netmask (openSUSE-SU-2023:0215-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179422

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2023:0215-1 advisory.

- The Net::Netmask module before 2.0000 for Perl does not properly consider extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address string, which (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses. (CVE-2021-29424)

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 perl-Net-Netmask package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184425

http://www.nessus.org/u?6635e0eb

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29424

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179422

File Name: openSUSE-2023-0215-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/8/2023

Updated: 8/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29424

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-net-netmask, 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: 8/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29424