SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : expat (SUSE-SU-2024:3216-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207217

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-2024:3216-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-45492: integer overflow in function nextScaffoldPart. (bsc#1229932)
- CVE-2024-45491: integer overflow in dtdCopy. (bsc#1229931)
- CVE-2024-45490: negative length for XML_ParseBuffer not rejected. (bsc#1229930)

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: Critical

ID: 207217

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3216-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/13/2024

Updated: 9/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:expat, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 9/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492

IAVA: 2024-A-0543

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3216-1

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