SUSE SLED15: libsnmp40 / libsnmp40-32bit / net-snmp / net-snmp-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4205-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168163

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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 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4205-1 advisory.

Updated to version 5.9.3 (bsc#1201103, jsc#SLE-11203):

- CVE-2022-24805: Fixed a buffer overflow in the handling of the INDEX of NET-SNMP-VACM-MIB that can cause an out-of-bounds memory access.
- CVE-2022-24809: Fixed a malformed OID in a GET-NEXT to the nsVacmAccessTable that can cause a NULL pointer dereference.
- CVE-2022-24806: Fixed an improper Input Validation when SETing malformed OIDs in master agent and subagent simultaneously.
- CVE-2022-24807: Fixed a malformed OID in a SET request to SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB::vacmAccessTable can cause an out-of-bounds memory access.
- CVE-2022-24808: Fixed a malformed OID in a SET request to NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB::nsLogTable can cause a NULL pointer dereference.
- CVE-2022-24810: Fixed a malformed OID in a SET to the nsVacmAccessTable can cause a NULL pointer dereference.

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: 168163

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4205-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/24/2022

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24810

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:snmp-mibs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsnmp40-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:net-snmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsnmp40, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 11/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24805, CVE-2022-24806, CVE-2022-24807, CVE-2022-24808, CVE-2022-24809, CVE-2022-24810

IAVA: 2022-A-0305-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4205-1

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