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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : zlib (SUSE-SU-2023:4216-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183943

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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-2023:4216-1 advisory.

 - MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported part of the zlib product. (CVE-2023-45853)

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/1216378

http://www.nessus.org/u?515ed3b1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45853

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183943

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4216-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2023

Updated: 10/27/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-45853

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:libz1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libz1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zlib-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zlib-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zlib-devel-static, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 10/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45853

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4216-1