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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : libmfx (SUSE-SU-2025:0050-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 213686

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0050-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-48368: Fixed an improper input validation. (bsc#1226897)
 - CVE-2023-45221: Fixed an improper buffer restrictions. (bsc#1226898)
 - CVE-2023-22656: Fixed an out-of-bounds read. (bsc#1226899)
 - CVE-2023-47282: Fixed an out-of-bounds write. (bsc#1226900)
 - CVE-2023-47169: Fixed an improper buffer restrictions. (bsc#1226901)

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 libmfx1 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219494

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226892

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226897

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226898

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226899

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226900

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226901

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-22656

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45221

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47169

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47282

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-48368

http://www.nessus.org/u?55bfda6e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 213686

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0050-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2025

Updated: 1/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45221

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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:libmfx1

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: 1/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22656, CVE-2023-45221, CVE-2023-47169, CVE-2023-47282, CVE-2023-48368

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0050-1