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SUSE SLES12: grub2 / grub2-i386-pc / grub2-snapper-plugin / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4143-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168072

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4143-1 advisory.

 Security Fixes:

 - CVE-2022-2601: Fixed buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph (bsc#1205178).
 - CVE-2022-3775: Fixed integer underflow in blit_comb() (bsc#1205182).

 Other:

 - Bump upstream SBAT generation to 3

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205178

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205182

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2601

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3775

http://www.nessus.org/u?9ac917e6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168072

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4143-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2022

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: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2601

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/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:grub2-x86_64-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-snapper-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-x86_64-efi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:grub2-i386-pc

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: 11/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2601, CVE-2022-3775

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4143-1