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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : apache2-mod_wsgi (SUSE-SU-2022:4488-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168782

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4488-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2022-2255: Hardened the trusted proxy header filter to avoid bypass. (bsc#1201634)

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 apache2-mod_wsgi and / or apache2-mod_wsgi-python3 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1201634

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2255

http://www.nessus.org/u?b5c57e33

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168782

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4488-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2255

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-mod_wsgi-python3

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: 12/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2255

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4488-1