SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : azure-cli (SUSE-SU-2025:0751-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 216956

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0751-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-43591: improper neutralization of special elements could allow users to run Azure CLI commands that result in certain service management operations being performed with System level permissions in Azure Defender for Cloud (bsc#1231971).

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 azure-cli and / or azure-cli-test packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1231971

http://www.nessus.org/u?6c01b4f4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43591

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 216956

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0751-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/1/2025

Updated: 3/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43591

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:azure-cli-test, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:azure-cli, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 2/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43591

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0751-1