SUSE SLES15 Security Update : pcre2 (SUSE-SU-2023:3210-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179432

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2023:3210-1 advisory.

- Integer overflow vulnerability in pcre2test before 10.41 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via negative input. (CVE-2022-41409)

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: 179432

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3210-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/8/2023

Updated: 8/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41409

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcre2-16-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcre2-32-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcre2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcre2-8-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcre2-posix2, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 7/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41409

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3210-1

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