SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libofx (SUSE-SU-2024:3007-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206186

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-2024:3007-1 advisory.

- CVE-2019-9656: Fixed null pointer dereference in function OFXApplication:startElement in lib/ofx_sgml.cpp (bsc#1129596)

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 libofx, libofx-devel and / or libofx6 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1129596

http://www.nessus.org/u?f4de6feb

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9656

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206186

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3007-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2024

Updated: 8/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9656

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libofx, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libofx6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libofx-devel

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: 8/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9656

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3007-1