SUSE SLES15 Security Update : libyang (SUSE-SU-2022:2922-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164463

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2922-1 advisory.

- In function lys_node_free() in libyang <= v1.0.225, it asserts that the value of node->module can't be NULL. But in some cases, node->module can be null, which triggers a reachable assertion (CWE-617).
(CVE-2021-28905)

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 libyang-extentions and / or libyang1 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164463

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2922-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/27/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28905

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyang-extentions, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyang1, 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: 8/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28905

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2922-1

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