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openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-PyPDF2 (openSUSE-SU-2024:0366-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210889

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2024:0366-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2022-24859: Fixed infinite loop vulnerability (boo#1198588)

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 python3-PyPDF2 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1198588

http://www.nessus.org/u?94ae5bfd

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24859

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210889

File Name: openSUSE-2024-0366-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/13/2024

Updated: 11/13/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:opensuse:15.6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-pypdf2

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: 11/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24859