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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : rsync (SUSE-SU-2025:0991-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 233312
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0991-1 advisory.- CVE-2024-12747: Fixed race condition in handling symbolic links (bsc#1235475)
- Broken rsyncd after protocol bump, regression reported (bsc#1237187).
- Bump protocol version to 32 - make it easier to show server is patched.
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 rsync package.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1235475
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1237187
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 233312
File Name: suse_SU-2025-0991-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/25/2025
Updated: 3/25/2025
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: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12747
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsync, 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: 3/24/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-12747
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0991-1