SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : google-guest-agent (SUSE-SU-2025:1143-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 233886

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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 a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1143-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-45337: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Fixed misuse of ServerConfig.PublicKeyCallback leading to authorization bypass (bsc#1234563).

Other fixes:
- Updated to version 20250327.01 (bsc#1239763, bsc#1239866)
* Remove error messages from gce_workload_cert_refresh and metadata script runner (#527)
- from version 20250327.00
* Update guest-logging-go dependency (#526)
* Add 'created-by' metadata, and pass it as option to logging library (#508)
* Revert 'oslogin: Correctly handle newlines at the end of modified files (#520)' (#523)
* Re-enable disabled services if the core plugin was enabled (#522)
* Enable guest services on package upgrade (#519)
* oslogin: Correctly handle newlines at the end of modified files (#520)
* Fix core plugin path (#518)
* Fix package build issues (#517)
* Fix dependencies ran go mod tidy -v (#515)
* Fix debian build path (#514)
* Bundle compat metadata script runner binary in package (#513)
* Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.27.0 to 0.36.0 (#512)
* Update startup/shutdown services to launch compat manager (#503)
* Bundle new gce metadata script runner binary in agent package (#502)
* Revert 'Revert bundling new binaries in the package (#509)' (#511)
- from version 20250326.00
* Re-enable disabled services if the core plugin was enabled (#521)
- from version 20250324.00
* Enable guest services on package upgrade (#519)
* oslogin: Correctly handle newlines at the end of modified files (#520)
* Fix core plugin path (#518)
* Fix package build issues (#517)
* Fix dependencies ran go mod tidy -v (#515)
* Fix debian build path (#514)
* Bundle compat metadata script runner binary in package (#513)
* Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.27.0 to 0.36.0 (#512)
* Update startup/shutdown services to launch compat manager (#503)
* Bundle new gce metadata script runner binary in agent package (#502)
* Revert 'Revert bundling new binaries in the package (#509)' (#511)
* Revert bundling new binaries in the package (#509)
* Fix typo in windows build script (#501)
* Include core plugin binary for all packages (#500)
* Start packaging compat manager (#498)
* Start bundling ggactl_plugin_cleanup binary in all agent packages (#492)
* scripts: introduce a wrapper to locally build deb package (#490)
* Introduce compat-manager systemd unit (#497)
- from version 20250317.00
* Revert 'Revert bundling new binaries in the package (#509)' (#511)
* Revert bundling new binaries in the package (#509)
* Fix typo in windows build script (#501)
* Include core plugin binary for all packages (#500)
* Start packaging compat manager (#498)
* Start bundling ggactl_plugin_cleanup binary in all agent packages (#492)
* scripts: introduce a wrapper to locally build deb package (#490)
* Introduce compat-manager systemd unit (#497)
- from version 20250312.00
* Revert bundling new binaries in the package (#509)
* Fix typo in windows build script (#501)
* Include core plugin binary for all packages (#500)
* Update crypto library to fix CVE-2024-45337 (#499)
* Start packaging compat manager (#498)
* Start bundling ggactl_plugin_cleanup binary in all agent packages (#492)
* scripts: introduce a wrapper to locally build deb package (#490)
* Introduce compat-manager systemd unit (#497)
- from version 20250305.00
* Revert bundling new binaries in the package (#509)
* Fix typo in windows build script (#501)
* Include core plugin binary for all packages (#500)
* Start packaging compat manager (#498)
* Start bundling ggactl_plugin_cleanup binary in all agent packages (#492)
* scripts: introduce a wrapper to locally build deb package (#490)
* Introduce compat-manager systemd unit (#497)
- from version 20250304.01
* Fix typo in windows build script (#501)
- from version 20250214.01
* Include core plugin binary for all packages (#500)
- from version 20250214.00
* Update crypto library to fix CVE-2024-45337 (#499)
- from version 20250212.00
* Start packaging compat manager (#498)
* Start bundling ggactl_plugin_cleanup binary in all agent packages (#492)
- from version 20250211.00
* scripts: introduce a wrapper to locally build deb package (#490)
* Introduce compat-manager systemd unit (#497)
- from version 20250207.00
* vlan: toggle vlan configuration in debian packaging (#495)
* vlan: move config out of unstable section (#494)
* Add clarification to comments regarding invalid NICs and the `invalid` tag. (#493)
* Include interfaces in lists even if it has an invalid MAC. (#489)
* Fix windows package build failures (#491)
* vlan: don't index based on the vlan ID (#486)
* Revert PR #482 (#488)
* Remove Amy and Zach from OWNERS (#487)
* Skip interfaces in interfaceNames() instead of erroring if there is an (#482)
* Fix Debian packaging if guest agent manager is not checked out (#485)
- from version 20250204.02
* force concourse to move version forward.
- from version 20250204.01
* vlan: toggle vlan configuration in debian packaging (#495)
- from version 20250204.00
* vlan: move config out of unstable section (#494)
* Add clarification to comments regarding invalid NICs and the `invalid` tag. (#493)
- from version 20250203.01
* Include interfaces in lists even if it has an invalid MAC. (#489)
- from version 20250203.00
* Fix windows package build failures (#491)
* vlan: don't index based on the vlan ID (#486)
* Revert PR #482 (#488)
* Remove Amy and Zach from OWNERS (#487)
* Skip interfaces in interfaceNames() instead of erroring if there is an (#482)
* Fix Debian packaging if guest agent manager is not checked out (#485)
- from version 20250122.00
* networkd(vlan): remove the interface in addition to config (#468)
* Implement support for vlan dynamic removal, update dhclient to remove only if configured (#465)
* Update logging library (#479)
* Remove Pat from owners file. (#478)

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 google-guest-agent package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 233886

File Name: suse_SU-2025-1143-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/5/2025

Updated: 4/5/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:google-guest-agent, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 4/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45337

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:1143-1

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