SUSE SLES15 Security Update : frr (SUSE-SU-2024:3524-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208213

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3524-1 advisory.

This update for frr fixes the following issue:

- Arithmetic overflow when parsing attribute of update packet due to regression introduced by the fix for CVE-2017-15865. (bsc#1230866)

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208213

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3524-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2024

Updated: 10/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15865

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:frr, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:frr-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfrr0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfrr_pb0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfrrcares0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfrrfpm_pb0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfrrgrpc_pb0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfrrospfapiclient0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfrrsnmp0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfrrzmq0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmlag_pb0

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: 10/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15865

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3524-1

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