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openSUSE 15 Security Update : nano (openSUSE-SU-2024:0157-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200394

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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-2024:0157-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-5742: Avoid privilege escalations via symlink attacks on emergency save file (boo#1226099)

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 nano and / or nano-lang packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226099

http://www.nessus.org/u?affdae52

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200394

File Name: openSUSE-2024-0157-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2024

Updated: 9/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nano-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nano

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: 6/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5742

IAVA: 2024-A-0355