SUSE SLES12 Security Update : vsftpd (SUSE-SU-2022:3383-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165492

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3383-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-3618: Enforced security checks against ALPACA attack (PM-3322, bsc#1187686, bsc#1187678).

Bugfixes:
- Fixed a seccomp failure in FIPS mode when SSL was enabled (bsc#1052900).
- Allowed wait4() to be called so that the broker can wait for its child processes (bsc#1021387).
- Allowed sendto() syscall when /dev/log support is enabled (bsc#786024).

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 vsftpd package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165492

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3383-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/27/2022

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3618

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vsftpd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3618

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3383-1

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