SUSE SLES15: libyang-cpp-devel / libyang-cpp1 / libyang-devel / libyang-doc / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:3245-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164976

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3245-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-28906: Fixed missing check in read_yin_leaf that can lead to DoS (bsc#1186378)
- CVE-2021-28904: Fixed missing check in ext_get_plugin that lead to DoS (bsc#1186376).
- CVE-2021-28903: Fixed stack overflow in lyxml_parse_mem (bsc#1186375).
- CVE-2021-28902: Fixed missing check in read_yin_container that can lead to DoS (bsc#1186374).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164976

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3245-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/13/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28906

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:H/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: 9/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28902, CVE-2021-28903, CVE-2021-28904, CVE-2021-28906

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3245-1

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