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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : avahi (SUSE-SU-2023:4499-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186157

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4499-1 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_alternative_host_name() function. (CVE-2023-38473)

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/1216419

http://www.nessus.org/u?0584df76

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38473

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186157

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4499-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2023

Updated: 12/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38473

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-core7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-common3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdns_sd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-gobject0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-glib1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdns_sd-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:avahi-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-avahi-0_6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-glib1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:avahi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libhowl0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:avahi-compat-mdnsresponder-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-ui-gtk3-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-common3, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-ui0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-client3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-client3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libavahi-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-avahi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:avahi-utils

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: 11/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38473

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4499-1