SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : keepalived (SUSE-SU-2024:3634-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 209079

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3634-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-41184: Fixed integer overflow in vrrp_ipsets_handler (bsc#1228123)

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 keepalived package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228123

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41184

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-October/037250.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 209079

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3634-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2024

Updated: 10/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-41184

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:keepalived

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: 10/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41184

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3634-1