SUSE SLES12 Security Update : containerd (SUSE-SU-2024:3188-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206967

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3188-1 advisory.

- Update to containerd v1.7.21
- CVE-2023-47108: Fixed DoS vulnerability in otelgrpc (uncontrolled resource consumption) due to unbound cardinality metrics. (bsc#1217070)
- CVE-2023-45142: Fixed DoS vulnerability in otelhttp. (bsc#1228553)

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 containerd package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206967

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3188-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/11/2024

Updated: 9/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-47108

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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: 9/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45142, CVE-2023-45288, CVE-2023-47108

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3188-1

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