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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : warewulf4 (SUSE-SU-2024:1838-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 198134

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1838-1 advisory.

 - fixed wwctl configure --all doesn't configure ssh (bsc#1225402)

 - update to 4.5.2 with following changes:
 * Reorder dnsmasq config to put iPXE last
 * Update go-digest dependency to fix CVE-2024-3727: digest values not always validated (bsc#1224124)

 - updated to version 4.5.1 with following changes
 * wwctl [profile|node] list -a handles now slices correclty
 * Fix a locking issue with concurrent read/writes for node status

 - Remove API package as use of this wasn't documented

 - use tftp.socket for activation (bsc#1216994)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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 warewulf4, warewulf4-man, warewulf4-overlay and / or warewulf4-overlay-slurm packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216994

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224124

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1225402

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-May/035406.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3727

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 198134

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1838-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/30/2024

Updated: 5/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3727

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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:warewulf4-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:warewulf4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:warewulf4-overlay, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:warewulf4-overlay-slurm, 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: 5/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3727

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1838-1