SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : openssh (SUSE-SU-2024:2393-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 202175

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2393-1 advisory.

Security fixes:

- CVE-2024-39894: Fixed timing attacks against echo-off password entry (bsc#1227318).

Other fixes:
- Add obsoletes for openssh-server-config-rootlogin (bsc#1227350).
- Add #include <stdlib.h> in some files added by the ldap patch to fix build with gcc14 (bsc#1225904).
- Remove the recommendation for openssh-server-config-rootlogin from openssh-server (bsc#1224392).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 202175

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2393-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/11/2024

Updated: 7/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-51385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-helpers, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-fips, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-askpass-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-server-config-disallow-rootlogin, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-51385, CVE-2024-39894

IAVA: 2023-A-0701-S, 2024-A-0375

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2393-1

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