Detections
Analytics

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libpcap (SUSE-SU-2024:3355-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 207574

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3355-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-8006: NULL pointer dereference in function pcap_findalldevs_ex(). (bsc#1230034)
 - CVE-2023-7256: double free via struct addrinfo in function sock_initaddress(). (bsc#1230020)

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 libpcap-devel, libpcap1 and / or libpcap1-32bit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230020

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230034

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7256

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8006

http://www.nessus.org/u?5464f147

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 207574

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3355-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2024

Updated: 9/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8006

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcap1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcap1

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: 9/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2024-8006

IAVA: 2024-A-0542

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3355-1