SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : opensc (SUSE-SU-2023:4089-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183211

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4089-1 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected opensc package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215761

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215762

http://www.nessus.org/u?67c8ead1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40660

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40661

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183211

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4089-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2023

Updated: 11/15/2023

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40660

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 10/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40660, CVE-2023-40661

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4089-1