SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : busybox (SUSE-SU-2023:3820-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 182124

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3820-1 advisory.

- There is a stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c:6030 in busybox before 1.35. In the environment of Internet of Vehicles, this vulnerability can be executed from command to arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2022-48174)

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 busybox, busybox-static, busybox-testsuite and / or busybox-warewulf3 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214538

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48174

http://www.nessus.org/u?1cb86183

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 182124

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3820-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/28/2023

Updated: 9/28/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48174

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:busybox-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:busybox, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 9/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48174

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3820-1