SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ceph (SUSE-SU-2022:4501-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168895

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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 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4501-1 advisory.

- A key length flaw was found in Red Hat Ceph Storage. An attacker can exploit the fact that the key length is incorrectly passed in an encryption algorithm to create a non random key, which is weaker and can be exploited for loss of confidentiality and integrity on encrypted disks. (CVE-2021-3979)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168895

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4501-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/17/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ceph-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcephfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcephfs2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfmt8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:librados-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:librados2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libradospp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:librbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:librbd1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:librgw-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:librgw2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-ceph-argparse, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-ceph-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-cephfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-rados, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-rbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-rgw, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rados-objclass-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rbd-nbd, 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: 12/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3979

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4501-1

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