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SUSE SLED12: icu / libicu-devel / libicu-doc / libicu52_1 / libicu52_1-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:3140-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164934

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3140-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2020-21913: Fixed a memory safety issue that could lead to use after free (bsc#1193951).

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193951

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21913

http://www.nessus.org/u?c2ee4a31

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164934

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3140-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-21913

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libicu52_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libicu52_1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libicu52_1-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:icu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libicu-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libicu-devel

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: 9/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-21913

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3140-1