SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2022:4146-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168123

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4146-1 advisory.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2019-1010204: Fixed out-of-bounds read in elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h (bsc#1142579).
- CVE-2021-3530: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in demangle_path() in rust-demangle.c (bsc#1185597).
- CVE-2021-3648: Fixed infinite loop while demangling rust symbols (bsc#1188374).
- CVE-2021-3826: Fixed heap/stack buffer overflow in the dlang_lname function in d-demangle.c (bsc#1202969).
- CVE-2021-45078: Fixed out-of-bounds write in stab_xcoff_builtin_type() in stabs.c (bsc#1193929).
- CVE-2021-46195: Fixed uncontrolled recursion in libiberty/rust-demangle.c (bsc#1194783).
- CVE-2022-27943: Fixed stack exhaustion in demangle_const in (bsc#1197592).
- CVE-2022-38126: Fixed assertion fail in the display_debug_names() function in binutils/dwarf.c (bsc#1202966).
- CVE-2022-38127: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the read_and_display_attr_value() function in binutils/dwarf.c (bsc#1202967).
- CVE-2022-38533: Fixed heap out-of-bounds read in bfd_getl32 (bsc#1202816).

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: 168123

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4146-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/23/2022

Updated: 9/24/2025

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45078

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:binutils-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:binutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libctf0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libctf-nobfd0, 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: 11/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010204, CVE-2021-3530, CVE-2021-3826, CVE-2021-45078, CVE-2021-46195, CVE-2022-27943, CVE-2022-38533

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4146-1

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