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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : podman (SUSE-SU-2024:2050-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200729

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2050-1 advisory.

 - Update to version 4.9.5
 - CVE-2024-3727: Fixed a flaw that allowed attackers to trigger unexpected authenticated registry accesses on behalf of a victim user, causing resource exhaustion, local path traversal, and other attacks.
 (bsc#1224122)
 - CVE-2024-24786: Fixed an infinite loop in protojson. (bsc#1226136)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected podman package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224122

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226136

http://www.nessus.org/u?b2efc81d

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-24786

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200729

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2050-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2024

Updated: 6/19/2024

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:podman, 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: 6/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-24786, CVE-2024-3727

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2050-1