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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager (SUSE-SU-2024:0512-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 190623

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0512-1 advisory.

 - Alertmanager handles alerts sent by client applications such as the Prometheus server. An attacker with the permission to perform POST requests on the /api/v1/alerts endpoint could be able to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the users of Prometheus Alertmanager. This issue has been fixed in Alertmanager version 0.2.51. (CVE-2023-40577)

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 golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218838

http://www.nessus.org/u?02475aaa

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40577

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 190623

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0512-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/17/2024

Updated: 2/17/2024

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: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40577

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 2/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40577

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0512-1