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openSUSE Security Update : shadowsocks-libev (openSUSE-2017-1274)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104613

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for shadowsocks-libev fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2017-15924: In manager.c in ss-manager in shadowsocks-libev 3.1.0, improper parsing allows command injection via shell metacharacters in a JSON configuration request received via 127.0.0.1 UDP traffic, related to the add_server, build_config, and construct_command_line functions. (boo#1065619)

Solution

Update the affected shadowsocks-libev packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1065619

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104613

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1274.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2017

Updated: 11/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15924

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadowsocks-libev, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadowsocks-libev-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadowsocks-libev-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadowsocks-libev-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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: 11/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15924