SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : log4j12 (SUSE-SU-2022:0226-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 157233

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0226-1 advisory.

- CVE-2022-23307: Fix deserialization issue by removing the chainsaw sub-package. (bsc#1194844)
- CVE-2022-23305: Fix SQL injection by removing src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/jdbc/JDBCAppender.java.
(bsc#1194843)
- CVE-2022-23302: Fix remote code execution by removing src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/net/JMSSink.java.
(bsc#1194842)

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 log4j12, log4j12-javadoc and / or log4j12-manual packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 157233

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0226-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/29/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23307

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23305

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:log4j12-manual, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:log4j12-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:log4j12

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: 1/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23302, CVE-2022-23305, CVE-2022-23307

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0226-1

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