SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs (SUSE-SU-2024:2074-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200731

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2074-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-52890: Fixed use-after-free in 'ntfs_uppercase_mbs' in unistr.c (bsc#1226007).

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 libntfs-3g-devel, libntfs-3g84, ntfs-3g and / or ntfsprogs packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226007

http://www.nessus.org/u?be63bb57

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52890

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200731

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2074-1.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: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52890

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libntfs-3g-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfsprogs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libntfs-3g84, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfs-3g

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: 6/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52890

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2074-1