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SUSE SLED15: krb5 / krb5-32bit / krb5-client / krb5-devel / krb5-devel-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4167-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168144

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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-2022:4167-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2022-42898: Fixed integer overflow in PAC parsing (bsc#1205126).

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205126

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42898

http://www.nessus.org/u?b1210c2a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168144

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4167-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2022

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42898

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-preauth-spake, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-preauth-otp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap

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: 11/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42898

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4167-1