SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : sudo (SUSE-SU-2022:4077-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167946

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4077-1 advisory.

- CVE-2022-43995: Fixed a potential heap-based buffer over-read when entering a passwor dof seven characters or fewer and using the crypt() password backend (bsc#1204986).

- Fix wrong information output in the error message (bsc#1190818).
- Make sure SIGCHLD is not ignored when sudo is executed; fixes race condition (bsc#1203201).

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 sudo, sudo-devel, sudo-plugin-python and / or sudo-test packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167946

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4077-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-43995

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sudo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sudo-plugin-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sudo-devel

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: 11/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-43995

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4077-1

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