SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs (SUSE-SU-2022:2836-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164266

Language:

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2836-1 advisory.

Updated to version 2022.5.17 (bsc#1199978):
- CVE-2022-30783: Fixed an issue where messages between NTFS-3G and the kernel could be intercepted when using libfuse-lite.
- CVE-2022-30784: Fixed a memory exhaustion issue when opening a crafted NTFS image.
- CVE-2022-30785: Fixed a bug where arbitrary memory read and write operations could be achieved when using libfuse-lite.
- CVE-2022-30786: Fixed a memory corruption issue when opening a crafted NTFS image.
- CVE-2022-30787: Fixed an integer underflow which enabled arbitrary memory read operations when using libfuse-lite.
- CVE-2022-30788: Fixed a memory corruption issue when opening a crafted NTFS image.
- CVE-2022-30789: Fixed a memory corruption issue when opening a crafted NTFS image.

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 libntfs-3g-devel, libntfs-3g84, ntfs-3g and / or ntfsprogs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164266

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2836-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

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-2022-30785

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-30789

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfsprogs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libntfs-3g-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libntfs-3g84, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfs-3g

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: 8/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46790, CVE-2022-30783, CVE-2022-30784, CVE-2022-30785, CVE-2022-30786, CVE-2022-30787, CVE-2022-30788, CVE-2022-30789

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2836-1

Detections

Analytics