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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : exfatprogs (SUSE-SU-2023:4449-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185881

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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 a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4449-1 advisory.

 - exfatprogs before 1.2.2 allows out-of-bounds memory access, such as in read_file_dentry_set.
 (CVE-2023-45897)

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 exfatprogs package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216701

http://www.nessus.org/u?fc35969c

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45897

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185881

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4449-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2023

Updated: 11/22/2023

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45897

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:suse_linux:exfatprogs, 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: 11/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45897

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4449-1