SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : graphviz (SUSE-SU-2024:1351-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206565

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1351-2 advisory.

- CVE-2023-46045: Fixed out-of-bounds read via a crafted config6a file (bsc#1219491)

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 graphviz-gd package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219491

http://www.nessus.org/u?e104b9c5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46045

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206565

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1351-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2024

Updated: 9/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:graphviz-gd, 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: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46045

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1351-2