SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : rmt-server (SUSE-SU-2023:0020-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169483

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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-2023:0020-1 advisory.

Update to version 2.10:

- Add option to turn off system token support (bsc#1205089)
- Update the `last_seen_at` column on zypper service refresh
- Do not retry to import non-existing files in air-gapped mode (bsc#1204769)
- CVE-2022-31254: Fixed a local privilege escalation related to the packaging of rmt-server (bsc#1204285).

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 rmt-server, rmt-server-config and / or rmt-server-pubcloud packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169483

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0020-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/4/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:rmt-server-pubcloud, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rmt-server, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rmt-server-config

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: 1/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31254

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0020-1

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