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openSUSE 15 Security Update : cppcheck (openSUSE-SU-2023:0413-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187292

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2023:0413-1 advisory.

 - An issue in Cppcheck 2.12 dev allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the removeContradiction parameter in token.cpp:1934. (CVE-2023-39070)

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 cppcheck and / or cppcheck-gui packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215233

http://www.nessus.org/u?8b40d9c6

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39070

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187292

File Name: openSUSE-2023-0413-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/25/2023

Updated: 12/25/2023

Supported Sensors: 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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39070

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cppcheck-gui, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cppcheck, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.5

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: 12/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39070